Patents by Inventor Yukihiro IMANAGA

Yukihiro IMANAGA 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: 20210292582
    Abstract: Provided is an ink including: a pigment-containing matter containing a pigment; an organic solvent; water; and a compound represented by General Formula (1) below. A difference (Ra?R0) is 2.0 or less, where Ra is a distance between a Hansen solubility parameter of the organic solvent and a Hansen solubility parameter of the pigment-containing matter determined by a Hansen solubility sphere method, and R0 is an interaction radius of the pigment-containing matter determined by the Hansen solubility sphere method. In the General Formula (1), R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 or more but 5 or less carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 3 or more but 11 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Atsufumi HANAZAWA, Yuuki YOKOHAMA, Takashi TAMAI, Yukihiro IMANAGA, Kento SUGITA, Azumi MIYAAKE, Sayuri KOJIMA, Toru YOSHIKAWA, Koichiro OYAMA, Satoshi TAKAHASHI, Mizuki KUROHA
  • Patent number: 11098216
    Abstract: An image forming method for forming an image on a non-absorbable substrate includes (a) applying a surface processing composition including water, a first organic solvent, and a urethane resin particle to the non-absorbable substrate, (b) applying a non-white ink including water, a second organic solvent, and a second acrylic resin particle and (c) applying a white ink including water, a third organic solvent, a third acrylic resin particle, and a white colorant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Imanaga, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Juichi Furukawa, Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Ayaka Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210238432
    Abstract: An ink contains water, an organic solvent, a resin, and a pigment, wherein the organic solvent has a Hansen solubility parameter (HSP) value in a Hansen sphere in a ?D axis, ?P axis, and ?H axis coordinate space of a solid content of the ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Toru YOSHIKAWA, Yuuki YOKOHAMA, Takashi TAMAI, Satoshi TAKAHASHI, Sayuri KOJIMA, Atsufumi HANAZAWA, Azumi MIYAAKE, Yukihiro IMANAGA, Koichiro OYAMA, Kento SUGITA, Mizuki KUROHA
  • Patent number: 11059983
    Abstract: An ink comprises a pigment, a quinacridone derivative represented by the following Chemical formula 1. where R1, R2, R3, and R4 each, independently represent hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, or alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. R5 and R6 each, independently represent alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and m and n each, independently represent 0, 1, or 2, excluding a case where both m and n are simultaneously 0, and a solvent A having an SP value of from 9.0 to 11.0, wherein the proportion of the solvent A in the ink is less than 10 percent by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Matsuyama, Yuuki Yokohama, Amika Sagara, Masaki Kudo, Kazuhiko Umemura, Yukihiro Imanaga, Mayumi Yoshihara
  • Publication number: 20210009822
    Abstract: An ink contains a pigment, a urethane resin, and a styrene acrylic resin, wherein dry film of the ink has a breaking stress of 4.7 or greater N/mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Kento SUGITA, Dongsik JANG, Yukihiro IMANAGA
  • Patent number: 10829655
    Abstract: Provided is an ink including water, organic solvents, a color material, and resin particles, wherein the ink is used in a printing method including applying the ink onto a substrate including a resin to print, and the organic solvents include a compound, a diol compound including 3 or 4 carbon atoms, and 2-ethylhexyl alcohol, where the compound has a boiling point of 170° C. or higher and an absolute value of a difference between Fh of the compound represented by Mathematical Formula 1 and Fh of the resin in the substrate represented by Mathematical Formula 1 is 5% or less, Fh(%)=[?H/(?D+?P+?H)]×100??<Mathematical Formula 1> where, in Mathematical Formula 1, ?H is a hydrogen bond term of the Hansen solubility parameter, ?D is a dispersion term of the Hansen solubility parameter, and ?P is a polarity term of the Hansen solubility parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kido, Juichi Furukawa, Hidefumi Nagashima, Yukihiro Imanaga
  • Patent number: 10399363
    Abstract: A print method includes applying a first ink to a recording medium to form a first ink print layer, drying the first ink print layer to a drying ratio of 30 percent or less, and applying a second ink having a color different from that of the first ink to the first ink print layer to form a second ink print layer thereon, wherein the first ink includes a urethane resin particle and a water-soluble organic solvent having a boiling point of from 100 to 180 degrees C. or ?-alkoxy propionamide of Chemical formula I, where R1 represents a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, or a butyl group and R2 and R3 each, independently represent alkyl groups having one to six carbon atoms, and the first ink and the second ink includes no organic solvent having a boiling point of 280 degrees C. or higher under 1 atm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Juichi Furukawa, Masaaki Tsuda, Hidefumi Nagashima, Yukihiro Imanaga, Masahiro Kido, Hikaru Kobayashi, Yuta Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20190249020
    Abstract: An ink comprises a pigment, a quinacridone derivative represented by the following Chemical formula 1. where R1, R2, R3, and R4 each, independently represent hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, or alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. R5 and R6 each, independently represent alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and m and n each, independently represent 0, 1, or 2, excluding a case where both m and n are simultaneously 0, and a solvent A having an SP value of from 9.0 to 11.0, wherein the proportion of the solvent A in the ink is less than 10 percent by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Akihiko MATSUYAMA, Yuuki Yokohama, Amika Sagara, Masaki Kudo, Kazuhiko Umemura, Yukihiro Imanaga, Mayumi Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 10259965
    Abstract: A surface treatment liquid composition for a substrate includes a nonionic resin particle and a multivalent metal salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nakagawa, Noriaki Okada, Atsufumi Hanazawa, Juichi Furukawa, Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Yukihiro Imanaga, Ayaka Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190092956
    Abstract: An image forming method for forming an image on a non-absorbable substrate includes (a) applying a surface processing composition including water, a first organic solvent, and a urethane resin particle to the non-absorbable substrate, (b) applying a non-white ink including water, a second organic solvent, and a second acrylic resin particle and (c) applying a white ink including water, a third organic solvent, a third acrylic resin particle, and a white colorant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yukihiro Imanaga, TOMOHIRO NAKAGAWA, JUICHI FURUKAWA, SATOYUKI SEKIGUCHI, AYAKA TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20180320011
    Abstract: Provided is an ink including water, organic solvents, a color material, and resin particles, wherein the ink is used in a printing method including applying the ink onto a substrate including a resin to print, and the organic solvents include a compound, a diol compound including 3 or 4 carbon atoms, and 2-ethylhexyl alcohol, where the compound has a boiling point of 170° C. or higher and an absolute value of a difference between Fh of the compound represented by Mathematical Formula 1 and Fh of the resin in the substrate represented by Mathematical Formula 1 is 5% or less, Fh(%)=[?H/(?D+?P+?H)]×100??<Mathematical Formula 1> where, in Mathematical Formula 1, ?H is a hydrogen bond term of the Hansen solubility parameter, ?D is a dispersion term of the Hansen solubility parameter, and ?P is a polarity term of the Hansen solubility parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiro KIDO, Juichi Furukawa, Hidefumi Nagashima, Yukihiro Imanaga
  • Patent number: 10119042
    Abstract: An ink including: water; at least one organic solvent; a polysiloxane surfactant; and acryl-silicone resin particles, where the polysiloxane surfactant has an HLB value of 8 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kido, Juichi Furukawa, Hidefumi Nagashima, Yuta Nakamura, Masaaki Tsuda, Hikaru Kobayashi, Yukihiro Imanaga, Michihiko Namba, Hiroaki Takahashi, Takahiro Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20180001669
    Abstract: A print method includes applying a first ink to a recording medium to form a first ink print layer, drying the first ink print layer to a drying ratio of 30 percent or less, and applying a second ink having a color different from that of the first ink to the first ink print layer to form a second ink print layer thereon, wherein the first ink includes a urethane resin particle and a water-soluble organic solvent having a boiling point of from 100 to 180 degrees C. or ?-alkoxy propionamide of Chemical formula I, where R1 represents a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, or a butyl group and R2 and R3 each, independently represent alkyl groups having one to six carbon atoms, and the first ink and the second ink includes no organic solvent having a boiling point of 280 degrees C. or higher under 1 atm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Juichi FURUKAWA, Masaaki Tsuda, Hidefumi Nagashima, Yukihiro Imanaga, Masahiro Kido, Hikaru Kobayashi, Yuta Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20170247561
    Abstract: A surface treatment liquid composition for a substrate includes a nonionic resin particle and a multivalent metal salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Tomohiro NAKAGAWA, Noriaki OKADA, Atsufumi HANAZAWA, Juichi FURUKAWA, Satoyuki SEKIGUCHI, Yukihiro IMANAGA, Ayaka TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20170174919
    Abstract: An ink including: water; at least one organic solvent; a polysiloxane surfactant; and acryl-silicone resin particles, where the polysiloxane surfactant has an HLB value of 8 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiro KIDO, Juichi FURUKAWA, Hidefumi NAGASHIMA, Yuta NAKAMURA, Masaaki TSUDA, Hikaru KOBAYASHI, Yukihiro IMANAGA, Michihiko NAMBA, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Takahiro YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150361213
    Abstract: Provided is a polymer product, in which the weight average molecular weight measured by gel permeation chromatography is 250,000 or greater and the content of residual ring-opening-polymerizable monomer is 100 ppm by mass or greater but less than 1,000 ppm by mass, or a polymer product, in which the content of residual ring-opening-polymerizable monomer is from 1,000 ppm by mass to 20,000 ppm by mass and the yellow index (YI) value is 15 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuo KAMADA, Taichi NEMOTO, Satoshi IZUMI, Yoko ARAI, Chiaki TANAKA, Yukihiro IMANAGA
  • Publication number: 20150329676
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polyimide, including a repeating unit represented by the following General Formula I, wherein an amount of an organic solvent in the thermoplastic polyimide detected by gas chromatography is 5 ppm by mass or less, where in the General Formula I, R represents a divalent organic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Hirokazu MIYAKE, Chiaki TANAKA, Susumu CHIBA, Yukihiro IMANAGA
  • Publication number: 20150322201
    Abstract: Provided is a polymer product that has a melting point difference (Tm1?Tm0) of 3° C. or more between a polymer melting point Tm0 before it is heated and a polymer melting point Tm1 after it is heated under a nitrogen atmosphere for 60 minutes at a temperature that is higher than the highest polymer melting point by from 10° C. to 50° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoko ARAI, Taichi NEMOTO, Yasuo KAMADA, Satoshi IZUMI, Chiaki TANAKA, Yukihiro IMANAGA, Tatsuya MORITA