Patents by Inventor Yukiko Uno

Yukiko Uno 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: 20140234770
    Abstract: A liquid developer includes an insulating liquid and a plurality of toner particles. The plurality of toner particles has a volume-based median size not smaller than 0.5 ?m and not greater than 3 ?m as a whole, and a volume-based coefficient of variation not lower than 40% and not higher than 130%. The plurality of toner particles includes a first toner particle group of the toner particles having a particle size not greater than 1 ?m. The number of toner particles constituting the first toner particle group occupies not lower than 20% of the total number of toner particles. The toner particles in the first toner particle group have an average circularity not smaller than 0.945.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Miyuki HOTTA, Masahiro Anno, Naoki Yoshie, Keiko Momotani, Sho Kim, Yukiko Uno, Satoshi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20140134537
    Abstract: A liquid developer is characterized in that it includes toner particles and an insulating liquid, the toner particles include a resin and a pigment, the pigment includes a first pigment and a second pigment, the first pigment is carbon black, the second pigment is C.I. Pigment Brown 23 and/or C.I. Pigment Brown 25, and 20 to 60% by mass of the pigment is included relative to the toner particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Chiaki YAMADA, Masahiro Anno, Sho Kim, Yukiko Uno
  • Publication number: 20140134536
    Abstract: A liquid developer includes toner particles and an insulating liquid, the toner particles include a resin and a pigment, the resin includes a crystalline resin, the pigment includes a first pigment, a second pigment, and a third pigment, the first pigment is carbon black, the second pigment is C.I. Pigment Brown 23 and/or C.I. Pigment Brown 25, the third pigment is nigrosine, and 20 to 60% by mass of the pigment is included relative to the toner particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Chiaki YAMADA, Masahiro Anno, Sho Kim, Yukiko Uno
  • Publication number: 20140087304
    Abstract: Toner particles have a core-shell structure that first resin particles containing a first resin are attached to or cover surfaces of second resin particles containing a second resin. Heat of fusion with differential scanning calorimetry of the second resin satisfies Equations (1) to (2) below. In Equations (1) to (2) below, H1 and H2 represent heats of fusion (J/g) at initial temperature increase and second temperature increase with differential scanning calorimetry of the second resin, respectively. 5?H1?70??Equation (1) 0.2?H2/H1?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukiko Uno, Satoshi Matsumoto, Naoki Yoshie, Chiaki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20140087303
    Abstract: A liquid developer is obtained by dispersing toner particles containing at least a resin and a coloring agent in an insulating liquid. The toner particles have a core-shell structure that first resin particles containing a first resin are attached to or cover surfaces of second resin particles containing a second resin. The coloring agent contains nigrosine. A content of nigrosine in the toner particles is not lower than 1 mass % and not higher than 20 mass %. The second resin satisfies Equations (1) to (2) below. In Equations (1) to (2), x represents a number average molecular weight of the second resin and y represents a urethane group concentration (mass %) in the second resin. ?0.00003x+2.03?y??0.00003x+6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji HAYASHI, Masahiro ANNO, Yukiko UNO, Satoshi MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20140087305
    Abstract: A liquid developer of the present invention includes a toner particle and an insulating liquid, the toner particle including a resin and a pigment, the resin including a polyester resin, the pigment including a first pigment, a second pigment, and a third pigment, the first pigment being a carbon black, 10 to 25 mass % of the first pigment being included in the toner particle, the second pigment being nigrosine, 3 to 15 mass % of the second pigment being included in the toner particle, the third pigment being at least one organic pigment selected from a group consisting of a phthalocyanine blue pigment, a phthalocyanine green pigment, a carmine-based pigment, a naphthol-based pigment, a quinacridon-based pigment, an azo-based pigment, a benzimidazolone-based pigment, and an isoindoline-based pigment, 5 to 20 mass % of the third pigment being included in the toner particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Chiaki YAMADA, MASAHIRO ANNO, YUKIKO UNO, SATOSHI MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20140087300
    Abstract: Toner particles contained in a liquid developer have a core-shell structure that first resin particles containing a first resin are attached to or cover surfaces of second resin particles containing a second resin. The second resin satisfies Equations (1) to (2) below. In Equations (1) to (2) below, x represents a number average molecular weight of the second resin and y represents a urethane group concentration (mass %) in the second resin. ?0.00003x+2.03?y??0.00003x+6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukiko UNO, Satoshi MATSUMOTO, Naoki YOSHIE, Kenji HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 5640684
    Abstract: A portable radio station 1a transmits a communication-quality-confirmation pattern data "f" to a stationary radio station 2a, wherein a first communication quality information "1" is produced by measuring erroneous bits of the received signal. The first communication quality information "1" is transmitted from the stationary radio station 2a to the portable radio station 1a, together with a communication-quality confirmation pattern data "n". The portable radio station 1a receives both the first communication quality information "1" and the communication-quality confirmation pattern data "n", and produces a second communication quality information by measuring erroneous bits of the received signal. Then, the first and second communication quality information are independently displayed on a display section 18 of the portable radio station 1a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Konosu, Takeshi Watanabe, Yukiko Uno, Yoshimi Kitazumi, Tadao Nojiri