Patents by Inventor Yuuki Yokohama

Yuuki Yokohama 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: 10195885
    Abstract: An image forming method includes applying an ink for the first time to a recording medium to form an image and rolling up the recording medium in a roll form, wherein the recording medium is continuous paper, the ink includes water, an organic solvent, and a coloring material, and the image has a tackiness power of from 80 to 110 nN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Toyama, Yuuki Yokohama, Hiromi Sakaguchi, Hideaki Nishimura, Masayuki Fukuoka, Shuusuke Someno
  • Patent number: 10131805
    Abstract: Provided is an ink containing a wax, a plurality of organic solvents, and water, wherein the plurality of organic solvents include a compound having a solubility parameter of 9 or greater but 11 or less and a compound having a saturated vapor pressure at 100° C. of 20 mmHg or greater but 400 mmHg or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keita Katoh, Hiroshi Gotou, Yuuki Yokohama, Hiromi Sakaguchi, Yukiko Takamura
  • Publication number: 20180244935
    Abstract: An ink includes an organic solvent and polyethylene wax, wherein the polyethylene wax has a penetration of 1.2 or less as measured according to JIS K2235 format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Hiromi SAKAGUCHI, Yuuki YOKOHAMA, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Kaori TOYAMA, Hiroshi GOTOU, Masayuki FUKUOKA, Sayuri KOJIMA, Takashi TAMAI, Shun SAITO
  • Patent number: 9938421
    Abstract: Provided is a set of an ink and a print medium, the set including an ink and a print medium, wherein the ink includes at least one organic solvent, polyurethane resin particles, a colorant, and water, wherein the at least one organic solvent includes a compound having a saturated vapor pressure at 100° C. of 65 mmHg or greater but 400 mmHg or less, and wherein a sensor output at a critical image peeling point, measured by a microscratching method, of a solid image formed on the print medium in a manner that the ink is attached in an amount of 0.96 mg/cm2 is 600 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukiko Takamura, Hiroshi Gotou, Yuuki Yokohama, Hiromi Sakaguchi, Keita Katoh
  • Patent number: 9873809
    Abstract: Ink includes a coloring material, an organic solvent, and water, wherein the ink satisfies the following requisites: I. the organic solvent includes an organic solvent X having a solubility parameter (SP value) of 8.9-12.0, II. the organic solvent includes glycol ether compound (compound Z) having a vapor pressure of 50 mmHg or greater at 100 degrees C., and III. a mass ratio of the organic solvent X to the glycol ether compound is 1:1-8:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Gotou, Keita Katoh, Yuuki Yokohama, Yukiko Takamura, Hiromi Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20170361632
    Abstract: An image forming method includes applying an ink for the first time to a recording medium to form an image and rolling up the recording medium in a roll form, wherein the recording medium is continuous paper, the ink includes water, an organic solvent, and a coloring material, and the image has a tackiness power of from 80 to 110 nN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Kaori TOYAMA, Yuuki YOKOHAMA, Hiromi SAKAGUCHI, Hideaki NISHIMURA, Masayuki FUKUOKA, Shuusuke SOMENO
  • Publication number: 20170267888
    Abstract: An ink set includes an ink A including water, a first organic solvent, and a first pigment and an ink B including water, a second organic solvent, a second pigment, and a urethane resin particle. The first organic solvent includes at least one of N,N-dimethyl-?-buthoxy propionamide, N,N-dimethyl-?-methoxy propionamide, and 3-ethyl-3-hydroxymethyl oxetane and has a mixing solubility parameter A of 10.00 to less than 13.00 and the second organic solvent has a mixing solubility parameter B of 13.00 to 16.00.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Yuuki Yokohama, Hiroshi Gotou, Kaori Toyama, Masayuki Fukuoka
  • Publication number: 20170247556
    Abstract: To provide an ink, which contains: water; a pigment; and a first water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the first water-soluble organic solvent contains a water-soluble organic solvent (G) having a boiling point of 280° C. to 300° C., a water-soluble organic solvent (X) having a boiling point of 180° C. to 190° C., and a water-soluble organic solvent (Y) having a boiling point of 190° C. to 200° C., wherein the first water-soluble organic solvent contains a water-soluble organic solvent (G) having a boiling point of 280° C. to 300° C., a water-soluble organic solvent (X) having a boiling point of 180° C. to 190° C., and a water-soluble organic solvent (Y) having a boiling point of 190° C. to 200° C., wherein the ink satisfies the following formulae: 24?X?40 2?X/Y?20 where X [% by mass] is an amount of the water-soluble organic solvent (X), and Y [% by mass] is an amount of the water-soluble organic solvent (Y).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Yuuki YOKOHAMA, Tsutomu MAEKAWA, Akiko BANNAI, Mariko KOJIMA, Hiroshi GOTOU, Tomohiro NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170130081
    Abstract: Provided is an ink including water, at least one organic solvent, a coloring material, urethane-based resin particles, and acrylic-based resin particles, wherein a difference between a total HSP value of an organic solvent having the highest boiling point of the at least one organic solvent and a total HSP value of the urethane-based resin particles is 6.0 [(J/cm3)0.5] or less, and wherein a difference between a polarity HSP value of the organic solvent having the highest boiling point of the at least one organic solvent and a polarity HSP value of the urethane-based resin particles is 5.0 [(J/cm3)0.5] or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Kaori TOYAMA, Yuuki Yokohama, Hiromi Sakaguchi, Hideaki Nishimura, Masayuki Fukuoka, Hiroshi Gotou
  • Publication number: 20170121543
    Abstract: Provided is an ink including: an organic solvent; water; a coloring material; a wax; and resin particles, wherein the resin particles include acrylic resin particles and urethane resin particles, and wherein a ratio by mass (urethane resin particles/acrylic resin particles) of a proportion (percent by mass) of the urethane resin particles to a proportion (percent by mass) of the acrylic resin particles is 0.1 or greater but 0.7 or less. In a preferable aspect, the wax is a polyethylene wax. In another preferable aspect, the urethane resin particles are polycarbonate urethane resin particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Hiromi SAKAGUCHI, Hiroshi Gotou, Yuuki Yokohama, Hideaki Nishimura, Kaori Toyama, Masayuki Fukuoka
  • Publication number: 20170022381
    Abstract: Provided is a set of an ink and a print medium, the set including an ink and a print medium, wherein the ink includes at least one organic solvent, polyurethane resin particles, a colorant, and water, wherein the at least one organic solvent includes a compound having a saturated vapor pressure at 100° C. of 65 mmHg or greater but 400 mmHg or less, and wherein a sensor output at a critical image peeling point, measured by a microscratching method, of a solid image formed on the print medium in a manner that the ink is attached in an amount of 0.96 mg/cm2 is 600 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Yukiko TAKAMURA, Hiroshi GOTOU, Yuuki YOKOHAMA, Hiromi SAKAGUCHI, Keita KATOH
  • Publication number: 20170009092
    Abstract: Ink includes a coloring material, an organic solvent, and water, wherein the ink satisfies the following requisites: I. the organic solvent includes an organic solvent X having a solubility parameter (SP value) of 8.9-12.0, II. the organic solvent includes glycol ether compound (compound Z) having a vapor pressure of 50 mmHg or greater at 100 degrees C., and III. a mass ratio of the organic solvent X to the glycol ether compound is 1:1-8:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi GOTOU, Keita KATOH, Yuuki YOKOHAMA, Yukiko TAKAMURA, Hiromi SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160376455
    Abstract: Provided is an ink containing a wax, a plurality of organic solvents, and water, wherein the plurality of organic solvents include a compound having a solubility parameter of 9 or greater but 11 or less and a compound having a saturated vapor pressure at 100° C. of 20 mmHg or greater but 400 mmHg or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Keita KATOH, Hiroshi Gotou, Yuuki Yokohama, Hiromi Sakaguchi, Yukiko Takamura
  • Patent number: 9518190
    Abstract: To provide an inkjet ink, which contains: water; a wetting agent; a surfactant; and a colorant, wherein the wetting agent contains at least an amide compound represented by the following structural formula (I):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Gotou, Kiyofumi Nagai, Michihiko Namba, Hidetoshi Fujii, Yuuki Yokohama
  • Publication number: 20160272828
    Abstract: An ink including water, a water-soluble organic solvent, a resin-coated pigment coaled with a resin (A), and a resin emulsion including a resin (B) is provided. The resin (B) has the same composition as the resin (A) and a volume average particle diameter of from 8 to 19 nm. The total content rate of the resin (A) and the resin (B) in the ink ranges from 2% to 11% by mass. The content of the resin (B) ranges from 30% to 55% by mass of the total content of the resin (A) and the resin (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Yukiko TAKAMURA, Tsutomu Maekawa, Yuuki Yokohama, Akiko Bannai, Shosuke Aoai
  • Publication number: 20150307729
    Abstract: To provide an inkjet ink, which contains: water; a wetting agent; a surfactant; and a colorant, wherein the wetting agent contains at least an amide compound represented by the following structural formula (I)
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi GOTOU, Kiyofumi Nagai, Michihiko Namba, Hidetoshi Fujii, Yuuki Yokohama
  • Patent number: 9169407
    Abstract: Ink containing a pigment, an alcohol alkoxylate-based surfactant, a water-soluble organic solvent, water, and a dispersion agent represented by the following chemical structure 1, wherein the ink has a dynamic surface tension of 36 mN/m or less when the life of foam at 25° C. as measured by the maximum bubble pressure technique is 15 msec: where R1 represents an alkyl group having one to four carbon atoms, an aryl group, and an aralkyl group having one to eight carbon atoms, L represents zero or an integer of from 1 to 7, and n represents an integer of from 20 to 80.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki Yokohama, Akihiko Gotoh, Mariko Kojima
  • Patent number: 9109129
    Abstract: An inkjet ink of the present invention including: water; an organic solvent; a surfactant; and a colorant, wherein the organic solvent comprises the following (1), (2) and (3): (1) at least one polyhydric alcohol having an equilibrium moisture content of 30% by mass or higher at a temperature of 23° C. and humidity of 80% RH; (2) an amide compound expressed by the Structural Formula (I); (3) a compound expressed by the Structural Formula (II); a compound expressed by the Structural Formula (III), or a compound represented by the General Formula (I), or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Goto, Hidetoshi Fujii, Yuuki Yokohama
  • Patent number: 9085706
    Abstract: To provide an inkjet ink, which contains: water; a wetting agent; a surfactant; and a colorant, wherein the wetting agent contains at least an amide compound represented by the following structural formula (I):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Gotou, Kiyofumi Nagai, Michihiko Namba, Hidetoshi Fujii, Yuuki Yokohama
  • Patent number: 9028600
    Abstract: An inkjet ink, which contains water, an organic solvent, a surfactant, and a colorant, wherein the organic solvent contains at least one polyhydric alcohol having an equilibrium moisture content of 30% by mass or higher at a temperature of 23° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Goto, Akihiko Gotoh, Kiyofumi Nagai, Yuuki Yokohama, Hidetoshi Fujii