Patents by Inventor Yusuke KURANO
Yusuke KURANO 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: 20240329555Abstract: In a two-component developer, external additive particles of toner particles include silica particles. The silica particles have a number average primary particle diameter of at least 30 nm and no greater than 120 nm. Coat layers of carrier particles contain a coating resin and barium titanate particles. The coating resin includes a silicone resin. The barium titanate particles have a number average primary particle diameter of at least 100 and no greater than 500 nm. The barium titanate particles have a content of at least 5 parts by mass and no greater than 45 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the coating resin. A rate of a mass of the coat layers to a mass of the carrier cores is at least 0.09% by mass and no greater than 4.90% by mass. A coverage rate of the carrier cores is at least 80.0% and less than 100.0%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Tamotsu SHIMIZU, Kohei TERASAKI, Yuma UCHIHASHI, Yusuke KURANO
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Publication number: 20240319629Abstract: In a two-component developer, external additive particles of toner particles include resin particles. The resin particles contain a crosslinked resin including a repeating unit derived from a crosslinking agent. Carrier particles each include a carrier core and a coat layer covering a surface of the carrier core. The coat layers contain a coating resin and barium titanate particles. The coating resin includes a silicone resin. The barium titanate particles have a number average primary particle diameter within a range of 100 nm to 500 nm. The barium titanate particles have a content within a range of 5 parts by mass to 45 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the coating resin. A rate of a mass of the coat layers to a mass of the carrier cores is greater than 0.0% by mass and no greater than 4.9% by mass. The carrier cores have a shape factor within a range of 34.0% to 85.0%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Tamotsu SHIMIZU, Kohei TERASAKI, Yusuke KURANO, Masashi YAMASHITA, Eriko TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20240184227Abstract: In a two-component developer, toner particles include toner mother particles and external additive particles including strontium titanate particles. A first percentage content being a percentage content of the strontium titanate particles to the mass of the toner mother particles is 0.30-0.90% by mass. The carrier particles include carrier cores and coat layers. The coat layers contain barium titanate particles and a coating resin including a silicone resin. The barium titanate particles have a number average primary particle diameter of 100-500 nm. A second percentage content being a percentage content of the coat layers to the mass of the carrier cores is 2.0-4.0% by mass. A third percentage content being a percentage content of the barium titanate to the mass of the coating resin satisfies formula (1) “(X×10)?Z?45.0”. In formula (1), X represents the first percentage content and Z represents the third percentage content.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Kohei TERASAKI, Tamotsu SHIMIZU, Yusuke KURANO, Masashi YAMASHITA, Yuma UCHIHASHI
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Patent number: 10234782Abstract: Carrier particles each include a carrier core having recesses in a surface thereof, and first and second coat layers covering the surface of the carrier core. The first and second coat layers are in a multi-layer structure in which the first coat layer and the second coat layer cover the surface of the carrier core in the stated order. The first coat layer entirely covers the surface of the carrier core. The second coat layer selectively covers regions of a surface of the first coat layer that correspond to the recesses in the surface of the carrier core. The first coat layer contains a first resin. The second coat layer contains a second resin. The second coat layer has a lower electric resistance than the first coat layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Yusuke Kurano
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Publication number: 20180329331Abstract: Carrier particles each include a carrier core having recesses in a surface thereof, and first and second coat layers covering the surface of the carrier core. The first and second coat layers are in a multi-layer structure in which the first coat layer and the second coat layer cover the surface of the carrier core in the stated order. The first coat layer entirely covers the surface of the carrier core. The second coat layer selectively covers regions of a surface of the first coat layer that correspond to the recesses in the surface of the carrier core. The first coat layer contains a first resin. The second coat layer contains a second resin. The second coat layer has a lower electric resistance than the first coat layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Yusuke KURANO
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Patent number: 9594325Abstract: A two-component developer includes a toner and a carrier. The toner includes a plurality of toner particles. The carrier includes a plurality of carrier particles. Each of the toner particles includes a toner core and a shell layer disposed over the surface of the toner core. The toner has a charge decay constant of at least 0.020 and no greater than 0.050 as measured with the toner particles in an external additive-free state. The carrier has a volume resistivity of at least 1.0×1012 ?·cm.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Yusuke Kurano
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Publication number: 20160054672Abstract: A two-component developer includes a toner and a carrier. The toner includes a plurality of toner particles. The carrier includes a plurality of carrier particles. Each of the toner particles includes a toner core and a shell layer disposed over the surface of the toner core. The toner has a charge decay constant of at least 0.020 and no greater than 0.050 as measured with the toner particles in an external additive-free state. The carrier has a volume resistivity of at least 1.0×1012 ?·cm.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicant: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.Inventor: Yusuke KURANO
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Patent number: 9256150Abstract: A two-component developer of the present disclosure contains a carrier and toner particles. The carrier includes a carrier core, a first layer coating a surface of the carrier core, and a second layer coating a surface of the first layer. The first layer contains a fluorine-based resin, and the second layer contains a polyamide-imide resin and/or a melamine resin. The toner particles each include a toner core containing a binder resin and a shell layer coating a surface of the toner core. The shell layer contains a thermosetting resin.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2014Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Yusuke Kurano, Hiroaki Moriyama
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Publication number: 20150104744Abstract: A two-component developer of the present disclosure contains a carrier and toner particles. The carrier includes a carrier core, a first layer coating a surface of the carrier core, and a second layer coating a surface of the first layer. The first layer contains a fluorine-based resin, and the second layer contains a polyamide-imide resin and/or a melamine resin. The toner particles each include a toner core containing a binder resin and a shell layer coating a surface of the toner core. The shell layer contains a thermosetting resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Yusuke KURANO, Hiroaki MORIYAMA