Patents by Inventor Yuto Onozaki

Yuto Onozaki 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: 20190107791
    Abstract: A toner having chargeability and fluidity that do not change to a great extent is provided. The toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin and includes inorganic fine particles A, wherein the shape factor SF-2 of primary particles of the inorganic fine particles A is 116 or less, and regarding the particle size distribution on a volume basis of the inorganic fine particles A on the toner particle surfaces, the particle diameter when a cumulative value from the small particle side reaches 16% by volume is denoted as D16, the particle diameter when a cumulative value reaches 50% by volume is denoted as D50, and the particle diameter when a cumulative value reaches 84% by volume is denoted as D84, D50 is 80 nm or more and 200 nm or less, and the particle size distribution indicator A represented by D84/D16 is 1.70 or more and 2.60 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Nozomu Komatsu, Masayuki Hama, Takeshi Hashimoto, Ichiro Kanno, Yuto Onozaki, Megumi Ikeda, Akifumi Matsubara, Hitoshi Sano, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 10197936
    Abstract: Provided is a toner including toner particles each containing an amorphous polyester resin and a wax, in which: the surface of each of the toner particles has a coating layer; and the coating layer contains one or more kinds of olefin-based copolymers each having a specific ester moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Onozaki, Takeshi Hashimoto, Ichiro Kanno, Masayuki Hama, Hitoshi Sano, Nozomu Komatsu, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Hayato Ida
  • Patent number: 10175595
    Abstract: Provided is a toner including a toner particle that contains a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a wax, and a coating layer containing a 1,2-polybutadiene resin at the surface of the toner base particle, wherein the coverage ratio of the toner base particle by the coating layer is at least 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Onozaki, Takeshi Hashimoto, Ichiro Kanno, Megumi Ikeda, Masayuki Hama, Nozomu Komatsu, Akifumi Matsubara, Hitoshi Sano, Takakuni Kobori, Hayato Ida, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20180364601
    Abstract: Provided is a toner having a toner particle, wherein the toner particle contains a polyester resin and a fatty acid metal salt, the toner contains a tetrahydrofuran-soluble component A with a molecular weight of at least 1,000 and not more than 5,000, as measured by gel permeation chromatography, in an amount of at least 25 mass % and not more than 80 mass %, and a mass ratio of the fatty acid metal salt to the tetrahydrofuran-soluble component A is at least 0.003 and not more than 0.060.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Yuto Onozaki, Takeshi Hashimoto, lchiro Kanno, Masayuki Hama, Nozomu Komatsu, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20180356746
    Abstract: Provided is a toner containing: a toner particle containing a binder resin; and an inorganic particle, wherein the inorganic particle contains a silicon oxide particle with a number-average particle diameter (D1) from 50 nm to 300 nm and a strontium titanate particle with a number-average particle diameter (D1) from 10 nm to 60 nm, the content of the silicon oxide particle is from 0.5 to 15.0 mass parts per 100 mass parts of the toner particle, the content of the strontium titanate particle is from 0.02 to 5.00 times the content of the silicon oxide particle, and in dielectric constant measurement at 25° C. and 1 MHz, the dielectric constant of the silicon oxide particle is from 1.0 pF/m to 20.0 pF/m, and the dielectric constant of the strontium titanate is from 25.0 pF/m to 100.0 pF/m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Masayuki Hama, Takeshi Hashimoto, Yuto Onozaki, lchiro Kanno, Nozomu Komatsu, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 10146146
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle containing a binder resin, a wax, and inorganic fine particles, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous polyester resin, and, in a cross section of the toner particle, when Sc represents an area taken up by the crystalline polyester resin and S1 represents an area taken up by the inorganic fine particles that are present in the crystalline polyester resin portion, Sc and S1 satisfy the relationship S1/Sc?0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nozomu Komatsu, Takeshi Hashimoto, Masayuki Hama, Takakuni Kobori, Ichiro Kanno, Yuto Onozaki, Hitoshi Sano, Akifumi Matsubara, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Tsubasa Fujisaki
  • Publication number: 20180314176
    Abstract: Provided is a toner having a toner particle including a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the colorant includes a compound represented by Formula (1) below, a crystal of the compound in the toner particle has a diffraction peak with a full width at half maximum of at least 0.400° and not more than 0.440° in a range of a diffraction angle 2? of at least 5.0° and not more than 6.0° in an X-ray diffraction spectrum using CuK? rays, in Formula (1), X1 and X2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom or a methyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Megumi Ikeda, lchiro Kanno, Akifumi Matsubara, Hitoshi Sano, Yuto Onozaki, Takeshi Hashimoto, Masayuki Hama, Nozomu Komatsu, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20180307153
    Abstract: Provided is a magenta toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin, a wax and a colorant, wherein the colorant contains a specific amount of a compound (1), the colorant also contains one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a naphthol compound, a quinacridone compound and a lake compound thereof in addition to the compound (1), and the binder resin contains a specific amount of a polyester resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Ichiro Kanno, Takeshi Hashimoto, Nozomu Komatsu, Masayuki Hama, Hitoshi Sano, Yuto Onozaki, Akifumi Matsubara, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Tsubasa Fujisaki
  • Publication number: 20180259867
    Abstract: According to the present invention, in a toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin and a low molecular aromatic hydrocarbon, the binder resin contains a polyester resin, at least one kind of a unit derived from an aromatic monocarboxylic acid and a unit derived from an aromatic monoalcohol is contained, and the low molecular aromatic hydrocarbon has 1 or more and 4 or less benzene rings, and has a melting point of 60° C. or more and 120° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: HITOSHI SANO, Takeshi Hashimoto, Masayuki Hama, lchiro Kanno, Yuto Onozaki, Akifumi Matsubara, Megumi Ikeda, Nozomu Komatsu, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20180246434
    Abstract: A toner comprises toner particles each containing a binder resin and a crystalline compound represented by a specific chemical formula. The crystalline compound. exhibits a CuK? X-ray diffraction spectrum having a diffraction peak at a Bragg angle 2?±0.2 in the range of 4.0° to 5.0°. The diffraction peak has a half-value width of 0.7° or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Ichiro Kanno, Takeshi Hashimoto, Nozomu Komatsu, Masayuki Hama, Hitoshi Sano, Yuto Onozaki, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20180246431
    Abstract: A toner is provided, which contains a toner particle and a metal titanate particle, wherein, in a number-based particle size distribution of the metal titanate particle on the surface of the toner particle, when D10, D50 and D90 denote the particle diameter at which the cumulative value from the small particle diameter side reaches 10% by number, 50% by number and 90% by number, respectively, the D50 is at least 10 nm and not more than 90 nm, and the particle size distribution index A, which is represented by D90/D10, is at least 2.00 and not more than 10.00, and the value of storage elastic modulus G? at 40° C. in viscoelasticity measurements of the toner is at least 1.0×107 Pa and not more than 1.0×1010 Pa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Takeshi Hashimoto, Masayuki Hama, Yuto Onozaki, Ichiro Kanno, Nozomu Komatsu, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 10036970
    Abstract: Provided is a magenta toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin, a wax and a colorant, wherein the colorant contains a specific amount of a compound (1), the colorant also contains one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a naphthol compound, a quinacridone compound and a lake compound thereof in addition to the compound (1), and the binder resin contains a specific amount of a polyester resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ichiro Kanno, Takeshi Hashimoto, Nozomu Komatsu, Masayuki Hama, Hitoshi Sano, Yuto Onozaki, Akifumi Matsubara, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Tsubasa Fujisaki
  • Publication number: 20180149992
    Abstract: Provided is a toner including toner particles each containing an amorphous polyester resin and a wax, in which: the surface of each of the toner particles has a coating layer; and the coating layer contains one or more kinds of olefin-based copolymers each having a specific ester moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Yuto Onozaki, Takeshi Hashimoto, lchiro Kanno, Masayuki Hama, Hitoshi Sano, Nozomu Komatsu, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Hayato Ida
  • Publication number: 20180149990
    Abstract: Provided is a toner including a toner particle that contains a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a wax, and a coating layer containing a 1,2-polybutadiene resin at the surface of the toner base particle, wherein the coverage ratio of the toner base particle by the coating layer is at least 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Yuto Onozaki, Takeshi Hashimoto, lchiro Kanno, Megumi Ikeda, Masayuki Hama, Nozomu Komatsu, Akifumi Matsubara, Hitoshi Sano, Takakuni Kobori, Hayato Ida, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 9958809
    Abstract: A magnetic carrier according to the present invention includes a magnetic carrier core and a resin covering layer formed on a surface of the magnetic carrier core, wherein the resin covering layer contains a resin component and an inorganic fine particle, the inorganic fine particle contains an oxide of a typical metal element or a carbonate of a typical metal element, a moisture adsorption rate of the inorganic fine particle when allowed to stand in an environment of a temperature of 30° C. and a humidity of 80% for 72 hours is 25.0% by mass or less, an electrical conductivity of the inorganic fine particle is 2.0×10?9 ?S/m or more and 2.5×10?5 ?S/m or less, and a degree of crystallinity of the inorganic fine particle is 60% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Yuto Onozaki, Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida
  • Publication number: 20170357168
    Abstract: Provided is a magenta toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin, a wax and a colorant, wherein the colorant contains a specific amount of a compound (1), the colorant also contains one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a naphthol compound, a quinacridone compound and a lake compound thereof in addition to the compound (1), and the binder resin contains a specific amount of a polyester resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Ichiro Kanno, Takeshi Hashimoto, Nozomu Komatsu, Masayuki Hama, Hitoshi Sano, Yuto Onozaki, Akifumi Matsubara, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Tsubasa Fujisaki
  • Publication number: 20170343911
    Abstract: A toner comprises a toner particle containing an amorphous polyester, wherein the amorphous polyester contains an amorphous polyester 1, the amorphous polyester contains a tin compound and a titanium compound, a Sn/Ti abundance ratio between Sn and Ti in the amorphous polyester according to x-ray fluorescence analysis is 20/80 to 80/20, and a weight-average molecular weight Mw1 of the amorphous polyester 1 according to measurement by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is Mw1<7,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Takeshi Hashimoto, Nozomu Komatsu, Yuto Onozaki, Akifumi Matsubara, Ichiro Kanno, Hitoshi Sano, Tsubasa Fujisaki, Masayuki Hama, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20170315461
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle containing a binder resin, a wax, and inorganic fine particles, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous polyester resin, and, in a cross section of the toner particle, when Sc represents an area taken up by the crystalline polyester resin and S1 represents an area taken up by the inorganic fine particles that are present in the crystalline polyester resin portion, Sc and S1 satisfy the relationship S1/Sc?0.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Nozomu Komatsu, Takeshi Hashimoto, Masayuki Hama, Takakuni Kobori, Ichiro Kanno, Yuto Onozaki, Hitoshi Sano, Akifumi Matsubara, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Tsubasa Fujisaki
  • Publication number: 20170315463
    Abstract: By controlling the migration to the toner particle surface of the crystalline polyester present in the toner particle, a toner is provided that exhibits an excellent durability in long-term use, a stable charging performance after holding in a high-temperature, high-humidity environment, and an excellent low-temperature fixability, in which the toner having a toner particle that contains an amorphous resin, a crystalline polyester, and a wax, wherein the toner particle includes, at the surface thereof, a coat layer containing a cyclic polyolefin resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Yuto Onozaki, Masayuki Hama, Takeshi Hashimoto, Ichiro Kanno, Hitoshi Sano, Akifumi Matsubara, Nozomu Komatsu, Takakuni Kobori, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Tsubasa Fujisaki
  • Patent number: 9778598
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic carrier, including: a ferrite core particle; and a coating resin, in which: the coating resin has a surface resin layer and a resin composition in the stated order from a surface side thereof; the resin composition contains a resin, and an inorganic particle or carbon black that is subjected to a hydrophilic treatment; the surface resin layer contains a resin, is free of the inorganic particle or the carbon black, and has a thickness of from 0.01 ?m or more to 4.00 ?m or less; and a moisture percentage change between a moisture percentage when the magnetic carrier is left to stand under an environment of 30° C. and 80% RH for 24 hours, and a moisture percentage when the magnetic carrier is left to stand under an environment of 23° C. and 5% RH for 24 hours after the standing is 0.030 mass % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Onozaki, Nobuyoshi Sugahara, Hironori Minagawa, Wakashi Iida