Patents by Inventor Yuka Mizoguchi

Yuka Mizoguchi 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: 20250085647
    Abstract: A polyester resin emulsion contains resin particles (S) containing an amorphous polyester resin (A) in which the carboxyl group of a polyester resin obtained by polycondensation of the alcohol component and the carboxylic acid component is neutralized by a basic substance and an aqueous medium where the resin particles (S) are dispersed, wherein the following relationship 1 is satisfied: 0.89 ? B / A ? 2.23 , where A represents an acid value of the amorphous polyester resin (A) and B represents an amount in mmol/g of cation derived from the basic substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Yukikawa, Junichi Watanabe, Akinori Saitoh, Yuka Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20250013163
    Abstract: A resin particle contains a resin B containing a component derived from at least one of polyethylene terephthalate or polybutylene terephthalate and a biomass-derived resin C containing a linear aliphatic alcohol with 2 to 4 carbon atoms and a linear aliphatic acid with 10 to 12 carbon atoms, wherein the resin particle has a core shell structure of a core resin and a shell resin, the core resin contains a crystalline resin, and the proportion of the sum of the resin B and the resin C to 100 percent by mass of the resin particle is 30 or greater percent by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Suzuka Karato, Yuka Mizoguchi, Akio Takei, Junichi Watanabe, Shinya Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20250013161
    Abstract: A resin particle contains a binder resin containing a polyester resin containing polyethylene terephthalate and a diol component of propylene glycol and a release agent containing an ester wax.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: akio Takei, Junichi Watanabe, Yuka Mizoguchi, Suzuka Karato, Shinya Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20240319624
    Abstract: A resin particle may comprise a binder resin, a crystalline polyester resin; and a release agent being in a plurality of domains, which have a domain diameter of 1 ?m or less; wherein more than 80% of a surface of each of the plurality of domains of the release agent is covered with the crystalline polyester resin, and a melting point of the crystalline polyester resin is higher than a melting point of the release agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Tsuneyasu NAGATOMO, Junichi WATANABE, Kohsuke SATOH, Yuka MIZOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 12078961
    Abstract: A toner includes a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous polyester resin. A ratio of the storage modulus of the toner G? (To) at a temperature To to the storage modulus of the toner G? (To+3) at a temperature To+3 is greater than or equal to 10, in a case where the temperature To is within a range from 50° C. to 65° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuka Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Yamashita, Junichi Watanabe, Tomomi Harashima
  • Publication number: 20240228770
    Abstract: Resin particles, each include amorphous polyester resins, a crystalline polyester resin, and a release agent. The amorphous polyester resins include (i) an amorphous polyester resin including a sulfonic acid salt group-containing polyester resin and (ii) an amorphous polyester resin different from the amorphous polyester resin including the sulfonic acid salt group-containing polyester resin. The sulfonic acid salt group-containing polyester resin has a solubility parameter of from 10 to 13. Each of the resin particles has a core-shell structure including a core layer and a shell layer. The shell layer includes the (i) amorphous polyester resin including the sulfonic acid salt group-containing polyester resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinori Saitoh, Junichi Watanabe, Yuka Mizoguchi, Masahiro Yukikawa
  • Publication number: 20240210845
    Abstract: An amorphous polyester resin includes an environmentally friendly component. An environmentally friendly component content of the amorphous polyester resin is 40% by mass or greater and 80% by mass or less. The amorphous polyester resin is a sulfo group-containing amorphous polyester resin. A sulfo group content of the sulfo group-containing amorphous polyester resin is 2 mol % or greater and 10 mol % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi WATANABE, Akinori SAITOH, Masahiro YUKIKAWA, Akio TAKEI, Yuka MIZOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240192620
    Abstract: A resin particle contains an amorphous resin, a crystalline resin C containing a biomass-derived resin, and at least one of polyethylene terephthalate or polybutylene terephthalate, wherein the resin particle has a core-shell structure comprising a core resin and a shell resin, the core resin comprises the crystalline resin C, and the proportion of the total mass of the biomass-derived resin, the polyethylene terephthalate, and the polybutylene terephthalate to the resin particle at 100 percent by mass is 30 or more percent by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuka Mizoguchi, Akio Takei, Junichi Watanabe, Akinori Saitoh, Masahiro Yukikawa
  • Publication number: 20240152065
    Abstract: Resin particles each include a crystalline polyester resin, an amorphous polyester resin, a release agent, and a colorant. The crystalline polyester resin includes an acid component and an alcohol component as constitutional units, and the acid component of the crystalline polyester resin includes plant-derived dicarboxylic acid having 12 or less carbon atoms. The crystalline polyester resin is present as domains in a matrix of the amorphous polyester resin within each resin particle, an average major axis of the domains of the crystalline polyester resin is 2.0 micrometers or less, and an average aspect ratio (major axis/minor axis) of the domains is 4.0 or greater. The resin particles have a carbon radioisotope 14C concentration of 5.4 pMC or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Watanabe, Yuka Mizoguchi, Kohsuke Satoh, Toshihiko Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20240045350
    Abstract: A resin particle contains a binder resin, wherein the resin particle has a loss tangent ? of 1.8 or greater at angular velocity of from 0.1 to 100 rad/s as measured by frequency sweep at 80 degrees C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Sugiyama, Junichi Watanabe, Yuka Mizoguchi, Kazuoki Fuwa
  • Publication number: 20230367236
    Abstract: A resin particle contains a core containing a first binder resin containing an alcohol component and a shell containing a second binder resin containing at least one of polyethylene terephthalate and polybutylene terephthalate, wherein the first binder resin contains a plant-derived alcohol monomer accounting for 5 to 35 percent by mass of the entire of the alcohol component and the at least one of polyethylene terephthalate and polybutylene terephthalate accounts for 10 to 70 percent by mass of the entire of the second binder resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Natsuko Matsushita, Yuka Mizoguchi, Junichi Watanabe, Kazuoki Fuwa
  • Publication number: 20230324823
    Abstract: Resin particles that can exhibit high degree of coloring and have high charge stability are provided. Resin particles include a base particle including a binder resin and a pigment having an isoindoline skeleton, wherein a longitudinal diameter of the base particle is L, an overlapped area where the cross-section of the base particle overlaps with a passage of circle C when a center of the circle C with a radius (L/10) moves along a contour of the cross-section of the base particle is defined as a surface layer of the resin particle, wherein the pigment having isoindoline skeleton present on the surface layer of the base particle relative to an entire pigment having isoindoline skeleton present on the cross-section of the base particle in a cross-sectional image of the resin particle is less than 30%, and wherein a gel fraction of the base particle is 20% by mass or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko SUGIYAMA, Tsuneyasu NAGATOMO, Junichi WATANABE, Kazuoki FUWA, Yuka MIZOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230288829
    Abstract: [Summary] To provide resin particles with high weather resistance even when a plant-derived resin and PET are used as binder resins. [Tasks] The Resin particles includes a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the binder resin contains polyethylene terephthalate and a plant-derived resin, wherein the colorant contains an isoindoline pigment, and wherein a radioisotope 14C concentration in the resin particles is 5.4 pMC or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuoki FUWA, Yuka MIZOGUCHI, Junichi WATANABE, Toshihiko SUGIYAMA, Natsuko MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20230280669
    Abstract: Resin particles are provided. The resin particles include one or more binder resins, a release agent, and a colorant. The one or more binder resins include an amorphous resin. The amorphous resin contains an alcohol component as one of the constituents thereof. The alcohol component includes a plant-derived alcohol component. The resin particles contain a tetrahydrofuran (THF)-insoluble component by an amount of from 5% by mass through 40% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Natsuko MATSUSHITA, Junichi WATANABE, Kazuoki FUWA, Yuka MIZOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230279222
    Abstract: Resin particles include a binder resin in each of the resin particles. The binder resin includes a biomass-derived resin, and polyethylene terephthalate or polybutylene terephthalate. An amount A of a biomass-derived component of the biomass-derived resin and an amount B of the polyethylene terephthalate or the polybutylene terephthalate satisfy A>B. Each of the resin particles has a core-shell structure including a shell layer and a core layer. An average thickness of the shell layer is from 100 nm to 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneyasu NAGATOMO, Junichi WATANABE, Yuka MIZOGUCHI, Kohsuke SATOH
  • Publication number: 20230273537
    Abstract: [Summary] The invention is to provide resin particles capable of forming images with reduced environmental load, excellent low-temperature fixability, and chargeability characteristics, and excellent image quality can be obtained even when plant-derived resins are used. [Tasks] Resin particles includes polyethylene terephthalate or polybutylene terephthalate, wherein a concentration of radioactive carbon isotope 14C in the resin particles is 10.8 pMC or more, and wherein the resin particles contain 0.05% by mass or more and 1% by mass or less of a divalent metal element excluding an external additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Yuka MIZOGUCHI, Junichi WATANABE, Kazuoki FUWA, Toshihiko SUGIYAMA, Natsuko MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20230266688
    Abstract: Resin particles each include a binder resin. The binder resin includes an amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline resin. The amorphous polyester resin includes alcohol monomers as one of constituent components. The alcohol monomers include propylene glycol. Abundance of the crystalline resin in a region from an outermost surface of each of the resin particles to a depth of 150 nm from the outermost surface is 4% or less relative to an amount of the crystalline resin in an entire region of each of the resin particles. A radiocarbon 14C content of the resin particles is 5.4 pMC or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi WATANABE, Kazuoki Fuwa, Yuka Mizoguchi, Toshihiko Sugiyama, Natsuko Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20230220176
    Abstract: A foamed body includes a polylactic acid resin. An amount of the polylactic acid resin is 99.5% by mass or greater relative to a total amount of organic matter in the foamed body. A gel fraction of the foamed body is 0.1% or less. An expansion ratio of the foamed body is 5 times or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuka Mizoguchi, Taichi Nemoto, Hideki Sugiura, Shinya Nakayama, Hiroshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11687013
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic charge image development, wherein a spin-spin relaxation time of the toner at 90° C. is 0.30 msec or more but 1.50 msec or less, and a spin-spin relaxation time of the toner at 50° C. is 0.0185 msec or more but 0.0300 msec or less, the spin-spin relaxation time of the toner at 90° C. and the spin-spin relaxation time of the toner at 50° C. being obtained by Hahn echo method of pulse NMR analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Sugiyama, Minoru Masuda, Yuka Mizoguchi, Hideki Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20220342332
    Abstract: A toner includes a binding resin; and a metal crosslinking agent that forms a metal crosslinking with the binding resin. A measurement curve of a storage elastic modulus G? in a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement has a maximum value in a range of 100° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko SUGIYAMA, Junichi Watanabe, Yuka Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Yamashita, Kazuoki Fuwa, Tsuneyasu Nagatomo