Patents by Inventor Yuna Yamamoto

Yuna Yamamoto 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: 20240049592
    Abstract: In order to provide a photoelectric conversion element having higher photoelectric conversion efficiency, in a photoelectric conversion element having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer containing an organic-inorganic perovskite compound and disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, a particle layer including particles that mainly contain a phthalocyanine compound is arranged between the photoelectric conversion layer and the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: HIROYUKI WATANABE, SHUNTARO WATANABE, KENICHI KAKU, JUMPEI KUNO, AKIHIRO MARUYAMA, SHUHEI IWASAKI, KOHEI MAKISUMI, YUNA YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230098426
    Abstract: The toner is characterized in that, wherein the binder resin is a resin satisfying at least one of the following specification (A) or (B): (A) the binder resin contains a crystalline resin having a unit (a) represented by the following formula (1) and a resin having a sulfide structure; and (B) the binder resin contains a crystalline resin having the sulfide structure and having the unit (a) represented by the following formula (1): wherein the colorant is any colorant selected from the specific group consisting of: carbon black and so on, wherein when the toner is subjected to measurement with a differential scanning calorimeter, a peak temperature of a maximum endothermic peak is present in a range of from 50° C. or more to 70° C. or less, and wherein the maximum endothermic peak has an endothermic quantity of 30 J/g or more and 70 J/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Daisuke Yoshiba, Yuna Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220342329
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin, wherein the binder resin comprises a resin A and a resin B, in a differential scanning calorimetric measurement, a peak top temperature of the largest endothermic peak is present within a specific temperature range and an endothermic amount of an endothermic peak derived from the resin A is 30 to 70 J/g per 1 g of the toner, a ratio of content of the resin A in the toner particle is 60.0 to 90.0 mass %, the resin A comprises 40.0 to 70.0 mass % of a monomer unit (a) represented by formula (1) below, and the resin B comprises 5.0 to 30.0 mass % of a monomer unit (b) represented by formula (2) below: in formulae (1) and (2), R1 and R2 denote a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, n and m denote a specific integer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Yuna Yamamoto, Takashi Matsui, Kenji Aoki, Yu Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20220334507
    Abstract: A toner having a toner particle having a binder resin, wherein in differential scanning calorimetry using the toner as a sample, a peak temperature of an endothermic peak derived from the binder resin at a first temperature rise is from 50° C. to 70° C., and an endothermic quantity per 1 g of the toner is from 30 J/g to 70 J/g, and when acetonitrile is used as a poor solvent and chloroform is used as a good solvent for a chloroform-soluble component of the binder resin, and a component eluted during a linear change from a mobile phase composition of 100% by volume of acetonitrile to a mobile phase composition of 100% by volume of chloroform is gradient LC analyzed, a specific relationship between the peaks is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Kenji Aoki, Takashi Matsui, Yu Yoshida, Yuna Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220326633
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin and a release agent, wherein the binder resin comprises a crystalline resin A, the crystalline resin A comprises a monomer unit derived from a monomer (a), the monomer (a) is at least one selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic acid esters having an alkyl group with 18 to 36 carbon atoms, the peak temperature and endothermic quantity at an endothermic peak derived from the crystalline resin A in DSC measurements using the toner satisfy specific relationships, and the release agent is at least one selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbon-based waxes and ester waxes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Kenji Aoki, Takashi Matsui, Takayuki Toyoda, Tsutomu Shimano, Shohei Shibahara, Yuna Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11448980
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin and an azo dye, wherein the binder resin comprises a polymer A, the polymer A is a polymer having a monomer unit derived from methacrylonitrile, and a relationship among an amount of substance (mol) of the monomer unit derived from methacrylonitrile, an amount of substance (mol) of the azo dye, and the number of azo groups in the azo dye in the toner particle satisfies formula below: [(amount of substance of azo dye (mol))×(number of azo groups in azo dye)/(amount of substance of monomer unit derived from methacrylonitrile (mol))]?0.500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Noritaka Toyoizumi, Tsutomu Shimano, Kenji Aoki, Shohei Shibahara, Yuna Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220187725
    Abstract: A toner contains a toner particle containing a resin component and a wax. The resin component contains a vinyl polymer A having a monomer unit A represented by the formula (A): In a luminance histogram created from STEM observation, the total pixel value C in luminance 0 to 9 and the total pixel value A in luminance 0 to 245 satisfy 0.000?C/A?0.250. When the pixel value in luminance 10 to 245 has a maximum value P at luminance X, luminance M-luminance N ranges from 120 to 235, wherein the luminance M denotes a luminance at which the pixel value falls below 20% of P for the first time from the luminance X to 245, and the luminance N denotes a luminance at which the pixel value falls below 20% of the P for the first time from the luminance X to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Yuna Yamamoto, Shohei Shibahara, Kenji Aoki, Tsutomu Shimano, Takashi Matsui, Takayuki Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20220128916
    Abstract: A toner comprises a toner particle comprising a resin A and a resin B, wherein the resin A has a structure represented by a predetermined general formula, and the resin B has a monomer unit represented by a predetermined general formula, and a toner manufacturing method comprises a step of dispersing a toner base particle comprising the resin B in an aqueous medium to obtain a toner slurry, and a step of adding a radical polymerization initiator and a monomer composition comprising a monomer represented by a predetermined general formula to the resulting toner slurry to form the resin A on a surface of the toner base particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Yu Yoshida, Takashi Matsui, Kenji Aoki, Tsuneyoshi Tominaga, Shohei Shibahara, Mariko Yamashita, Yuna Yamamoto, Kenji Ookubo, Takashi Kenmoku, Taku Shimoda, Masashi Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20210181646
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin and an azo dye, wherein the binder resin comprises a polymer A, the polymer A is a polymer having a monomer unit derived from methacrylonitrile, and a relationship among an amount of substance (mol) of the monomer unit derived from methacrylonitrile, an amount of substance (mol) of the azo dye, and the number of azo groups in the azo dye in the toner particle satisfies formula below: [(amount of substance of azo dye (mol))×(number of azo groups in azo dye)/(amount of substance of monomer unit derived from methacrylonitrile (mol))]?0.500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Noritaka Toyoizumi, Tsutomu Shimano, Kenji Aoki, Shohei Shibahara, Yuna Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20210181648
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle including a crystalline resin, wherein where a complex modulus of elasticity at 30° C. is denoted by G*(30) and a complex modulus of elasticity at 50° C. is denoted by G*(50) in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement of the toner, and where a peak temperature of an exothermic peak derived from the crystalline resin in a temperature lowering process after a temperature is raised to 150° C., is denoted by Tc (° C.), a peak temperature of an endothermic peak derived from the crystalline resin in a temperature raising process after the temperature lowering process, is denoted by Tm (° C.), and an endothermic quantity is denoted by ?H (J/g) in differential scanning calorimetry of the toner, G*(30), G*(50), Tc, Tm and ?H satisfy specific relationships.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Tsutomu Shimano, Takashi Matsui, Kenji Aoki, Shohei Shibahara, Yuna Yamamoto