Patents by Inventor Yuujirou Nagashima

Yuujirou Nagashima 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).

  • Patent number: 11934147
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin and organosilicon polymer particles on a surface of the toner particle, wherein the binder resin comprising an amorphous resin and a crystalline polyester resin, an absolute value |SPcpes?SPsi| of a difference between an SP value (SPsi) of the organosilicon polymer particles and an SP value (SPcpes) of the crystalline polyester resin is not more than 2.00 (cal/cm3)1/2, and an amount of adsorbed water in the organosilicon polymer particles at a temperature of 30° C. and a humidity of 80% RH is not more than 20 mg/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Koji Nishikawa, Yuujirou Nagashima, Tomoya Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 11809132
    Abstract: A toner is provided, which has a toner particle that contains a binder resin, and organosilicon polymer particle on a surface of the toner particle. A methanol concentration a (vol %) of the organosilicon polymer particle in a wettability test and a methanol concentration b (vol %) of the toner particle in a wettability test satisfy Expression (I) below: |a?b|?25??(I), and an adhesion index of the organosilicon polymer particle on a polycarbonate film, calculated on the basis of Expression (II) below, is not more than 3.5: Adhesion index=area ratio c of the organosilicon polymer particle having migrated to the polycarbonate film/coverage ratio d of the organosilicon polymer particle on the surface of the toner particle×100??(II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuujirou Nagashima, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Koji Nishikawa, Tomoya Nagaoka, Shuntaro Watanabe, Hiroki Akiyama, Hiroki Kagawa
  • Patent number: 11360404
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a binder resin and fine particles A at the surface of the toner particle, wherein the fine particles A are organosilicon polymer fine particles, the organosilicon polymer fine particles have a number-average primary particle diameter of 30 nm to 500 nm, the organosilicon polymer fine particles have an attachment index for a polycarbonate film of not more than 3.5, the organosilicon polymer fine particles penetrate into the toner particle in a penetration depth b (nm), and protrude from the toner particle in a protrusion height c (nm), and b and c satisfy 0.05?b/(b+c)?0.40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki Furui, Yojiro Hotta, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Koji Nishikawa, Shotaro Nomura, Yuujirou Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20210302856
    Abstract: A toner is provided, which has a toner particle that contains a binder resin, and organosilicon polymer particle on a surface of the toner particle. A methanol concentration a (vol %) of the organosilicon polymer particle in a wettability test and a methanol concentration b (vol %) of the toner particle in a wettability test satisfy Expression (I) below: |a?b|?25??(I), and an adhesion index of the organosilicon polymer particle on a polycarbonate film, calculated on the basis of Expression (II) below, is not more than 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Yuujirou Nagashima, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Koji Nishikawa, Tomoya Nagaoka, Shuntaro Watanabe, Hiroki Akiyama, Hiroki Kagawa
  • Publication number: 20210294238
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin and organosilicon polymer particles on a surface of the toner particle, wherein the binder resin comprising an amorphous resin and a crystalline polyester resin, an absolute value |SPcpes?SPsi| of a difference between an SP value (SPsi) of the organosilicon polymer particles and an SP value (SPcpes) of the crystalline polyester resin is not more than 2.00 (cal/cm3)1/2, and an amount of adsorbed water in the organosilicon polymer particles at a temperature of 30° C. and a humidity of 80% RH is not more than 20 mg/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Koji Nishikawa, Yuujirou Nagashima, Tomoya Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20210286281
    Abstract: A toner comprising: a toner particle that comprises a core particle comprising a binder resin, and a shell layer comprising a thermoplastic resin on a surface of the core particle; and organosilicon polymer particles on a surface of the toner particle, wherein a peak top molecular weight of the thermoplastic resin, according to measurement by gel permeation chromatography, is 30000 to 500000, a number-average primary particle diameter of the organosilicon polymer particles is 10 nm to 500 nm, and an absolute value of a difference (?SP) between an SP value (SPSi) of the organosilicon polymer particles and an SP value (SPSh) of the thermoplastic resin present in the shell layer is not more than 2.30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Koji Nishikawa, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Yuujirou Nagashima, Tomoya Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20210286283
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle and an external additive on a surface of the toner particle, wherein the toner particle comprises a core particle containing a binder resin and a shell layer on a surface of the core particle, the shell layer comprises a compound containing nitrogen atoms, the external additive comprises an organosilicon polymer particle, and a difference between the work function Wa of the organosilicon polymer particle and the work function Wb of the toner particle satisfies the following formula (A): 0.00 eV<Wa?Wb?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoya Nagaoka, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Koji Nishikawa, Yuujirou Nagashima
  • Patent number: 10996577
    Abstract: Toner comprising a toner particle containing binder resin and colorant, wherein fine particles A (organosilicon polymer particles containing an organosilicon polymer) and fine particles B are present at the toner particle surface, the organosilicon polymer has structure in which Si and O are alternately bonded to each other, portion of Si in the organosilicon polymer has R1—SiO3/2 structure, and content of the fine particles A, proportion for area of peak originating with silicon having the structure, volume resistivity of the fine particles B, total coverage ratio of the toner particle surface by the fine particles A embedded in the toner particle (A1) and the fine particles A not embedded in the toner particle (A2), percentage for area occupied by the fine particles A2, content of the fine particles B in the toner, and percentage for area occupied by the fine particles B embedded in the toner particle are prescribed range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Nishikawa, Yojiro Hotta, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Takaaki Furui, Shotaro Nomura, Yuujirou Nagashima
  • Patent number: 10983450
    Abstract: A toner comprising: a toner particle containing a binder resin; and an external additive, wherein the external additive comprises an external additive A and B; the external additive A has a number-average primary particle diameter of 35 to 300 nm, a dielectric constant ?ra of not more than 3.50, and a shape factor SF-1 of not more than 114, and is an organosilicon polymer particle having a particular T3 unit structure; a proportion for an area of a peak originating from silicon having the T3 unit structure with reference to that of all silicon elements is 0.50 to 1.00; the external additive B has a number-average primary particle diameter of from 5 nm to 25 nm and a dielectric constant ?rb that satisfies formula (A): 0.50??rb??ra (A); and a coverage ratio by the external additive B for the toner particle surface is 50% to 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shotaro Nomura, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Yojiro Hotta, Koji Nishikawa, Takaaki Furui, Yuujirou Nagashima
  • Patent number: 10983451
    Abstract: A toner comprising an organosilicon polymer particle and a toner particle containing a binder resin and a wax, wherein the organosilicon polymer particle contains an organosilicon polymer, a part of silicon atoms in the organosilicon polymer has a T3 unit structure, a ratio of an area of peaks derived from silicon having the T3 unit structure relative to a total area of peaks derived from all silicon element contained in the organosilicon polymer particle is from 0.70 to 1.00 in 29Si-NMR measurement of the organosilicon polymer particle, a plurality of domains of the wax are present in a cross-section of the toner particle, the wax is an ester wax, the average long diameter of the domains of the ester wax is from 0.03 ?m to 2.00 ?m, and the SP value SPw of the wax is from 8.59 to 9.01.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Yojiro Hotta, Koji Nishikawa, Takaaki Furui, Shotaro Nomura, Yuujirou Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20200209771
    Abstract: A toner comprising an organosilicon polymer particle and a toner particle containing a binder resin and a wax, wherein the organosilicon polymer particle contains an organosilicon polymer, a part of silicon atoms in the organosilicon polymer has a T3 unit structure, a ratio of an area of peaks derived from silicon having the T3 unit structure relative to a total area of peaks derived from all silicon element contained in the organosilicon polymer particle is from 0.70 to 1.00 in 29Si-NMR measurement of the organosilicon polymer particle, a plurality of domains of the wax are present in a cross-section of the toner particle, the wax is an ester wax, the average long diameter of the domains of the ester wax is from 0.03 ?m to 2.00 ?m, and the SP value SPw of the wax is from 8.59 to 9.01.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Yojiro Hotta, Koji Nishikawa, Takaaki Furui, Shotaro Nomura, Yuujirou Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20200209768
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a binder resin and fine particles A at the surface of the toner particle, wherein the fine particles A are organosilicon polymer fine particles, the organosilicon polymer fine particles have a number-average primary particle diameter of 30 nm to 500 nm, the organosilicon polymer fine particles have an attachment index for a polycarbonate film of not more than 3.5, the organosilicon polymer fine particles penetrate into the toner particle in a penetration depth b (nm), and protrude from the toner particle in a protrusion height c (nm), and b and c satisfy 0.05?b/(b+c)?0.40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Takaaki Furui, Yojiro Hotta, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Koji Nishikawa, Shotaro Nomura, Yuujirou Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20200209770
    Abstract: Toner comprising a toner particle containing binder resin and colorant, wherein fine particles A (organosilicon polymer particles containing an organosilicon polymer) and fine particles B are present at the toner particle surface, the organosilicon polymer has structure in which Si and O are alternately bonded to each other, portion of Si in the organosilicon polymer has R1—SiO3/2 structure, and content of the fine particles A, proportion for area of peak originating with silicon having the structure, volume resistivity of the fine particles B, total coverage ratio of the toner particle surface by the fine particles A embedded in the toner particle (A1) and the fine particles A not embedded in the toner particle (A2), percentage for area occupied by the fine particles A2, content of the fine particles B in the toner, and percentage for area occupied by the fine particles B embedded in the toner particle are prescribed range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Koji Nishikawa, Yojiro Hotta, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Takaaki Furui, Shotaro Nomura, Yuujirou Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20200209769
    Abstract: A toner comprising: a toner particle containing a binder resin; and an external additive, wherein the external additive comprises an external additive A and B; the external additive A has a number-average primary particle diameter of 35 to 300 nm, a dielectric constant ?ra of not more than 3.50, and a shape factor SF-1 of not more than 114, and is an organosilicon polymer particle having a particular T3 unit structure; a proportion for an area of a peak originating from silicon having the T3 unit structure with reference to that of all silicon elements is 0.50 to 1.00; the external additive B has a number-average primary particle diameter of from 5 nm to 25 nm and a dielectric constant ?rb that satisfies formula (A): 0.50??rb??ra (A); and a coverage ratio by the external additive B for the toner particle surface is 50% to 100%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Shotaro Nomura, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Yojiro Hotta, Koji Nishikawa, Takaaki Furui, Yuujirou Nagashima
  • Patent number: 10698327
    Abstract: Provided is a toner containing a toner particle including a binder resin, a wax, and a colorant. The softening point of the toner is at least 80° C. and not more than 140° C. The average circularity of the toner is at least 0.940. The integrated value of stress in the toner at 150° C. which is measured by using a tackiness tester is at least 78 g·m/sec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuujirou Nagashima, Yusuke Hasegawa, Tomohisa Sano, Yoshitaka Suzumura, Satoshi Arimura, Kozue Uratani
  • Patent number: 10310397
    Abstract: The toner has a toner particle that contains a binder resin, a colorant, a release agent, and a crystalline polyester, wherein the release agent contains an ester wax, and the peak top temperature of the maximum endothermic peak of the ester wax as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter is from 65° C. to 85° C., the ester wax satisfies specific conditions and the crystalline polyester satisfies specific conditions, the toner contains from 3.0 parts by mass to 20.0 parts by mass of the crystalline polyester per 100 parts by mass of the binder resin, and the mass ratio of the ester wax to crystalline polyester is from 25/75 to 75/25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa Sano, Yusuke Hasegawa, Yoshitaka Suzumura, Yuujirou Nagashima, Kozue Uratani
  • Publication number: 20190155181
    Abstract: Provided is a toner containing a toner particle including a binder resin, a wax, and a colorant. The softening point of the toner is at least 80° C. and not more than 140° C. The average circularity of the toner is at least 0.940. The integrated value of stress in the toner at 150° C. which is measured by using a tackiness tester is at least 78 g·m/sec.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Yuujirou Nagashima, Yusuke Hasegawa, Tomohisa Sano, Yoshitaka Suzumura, Satoshi Arimura, Kozue Uratani
  • Patent number: 10228627
    Abstract: Provided is a toner containing a toner particle including a binder resin, a wax, and a colorant. The softening point of the toner is at least 80° C. and not more than 140° C. The average circularity of the toner is at least 0.940. The integrated value of stress in the toner at 150° C. which is measured by using a tackiness tester is at least 78 g·m/sec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuujirou Nagashima, Yusuke Hasegawa, Tomohisa Sano, Yoshitaka Suzumura, Satoshi Arimura, Kozue Uratani
  • Patent number: 10197934
    Abstract: A toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin, an amorphous polyester, and a colorant, wherein a softening point of the toner is at least 110° C. and not more than 140° C.; an integrated value f1 for stress of the toner is not more than 10 g·m/sec, as measured using a tack tester, with a temperature for a probe end being 150° C. and a press holding time being 0.01 seconds; and an integrated value f2 for stress of the toner is at least 30 g·m/sec, as measured using a tack tester, with a temperature for a probe end being 150° C. and a press holding time being 0.1 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Naoki Okamoto, Yuujirou Nagashima, Keisuke Tanaka, Shohei Tsuda, Kosuke Fukudome, Takuya Mizuguchi
  • Patent number: 10156800
    Abstract: Provided is a toner comprising a toner particle including a binder resin, an amorphous polyester, and a colorant, wherein the binder resin includes a vinyl resin, the toner has a softening point of at least 110° C. and not more than 140° C., an amount of the amorphous polyester is at least 4.0 parts by mass and not more than 30.0 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin, and a temperature T at which an area increasing rate of one toner particle sample becomes 1.40, is not more than 110° C., and a slope of the area increasing rate with respect to a temperature in the range of the area increasing rate of 1.40 to 2.00 is not more than 0.07.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shohei Tsuda, Naoki Okamoto, Takashi Matsui, Yuujirou Nagashima, Keisuke Tanaka