Patents by Inventor Yuya Chimoto

Yuya Chimoto 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: 20230341790
    Abstract: A toner includes a toner particle containing a binder resin containing a crystalline polyester. In differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), the toner is heated to 180° C. at a rate of 10° C./min, then cooled to 25° C. at a rate of 10° C./min and successively from 25° C. to 15° C. at a rate of 3° C./min, and heated again to 180° C. at a rate of 10° C./min. As a result, an exothermic amount P1 when the toner is cooled from 80° C. to 40° C. is 1.00 J/g or less, an exothermic amount P2 when the toner is cooled from 25° C. to 15° C. is 0.10 J/g or more, and when a sum of endothermic amounts P3 (J/g) when the toner is heated again from 40° C. to 180° C. and a sum of exothermic amounts P4 (J/g) when the toner is cooled from 180° C. to 40° C. satisfies 2.0 ? P3-P4 ? 10.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: KENTA MITSUIKI, HISASUKE KAJIHARA, MAKI IMURA, NOBUHIRO YOSHIDA, KOHEI YOSHIYAMA, KENTARO KAMAE, YUU NISHIMURA, KAZUNARI OOYAMA, NOBUYOSHI SUGAHARA, YUYA CHIMOTO, TAKAHO SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20230305415
    Abstract: The present invention provides a toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin and a release agent. The binder resin contains an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin, and a content of the crystalline resin is 1.0% to 20.0% by mass based on a mass of the binder resin. In a cross-section of the toner particle observed by scanning transmission electron microscopy, (i) there exist a matrix A of the amorphous resin and domains A of the release agent dispersed in the matrix A, (ii) the domains A each include a matrix B of the release agent and domains B of the crystalline resin dispersed in the matrix B, and (iii) the domains A are each covered with the crystalline resin and an average coverage of the domains A by the crystalline resin is 70% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: NOBUHIRO YOSHIDA, KOHEI YOSHIYAMA, MAKI IMURA, KENTA MITSUIKI, KENTARO KAMAE, YUU NISHIMURA, KAZUNARI OOYAMA, NOBUYOSHI SUGAHARA, HISASUKE KAJIHARA, YUYA CHIMOTO, TAKAHO SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 11624987
    Abstract: A liquid developer comprising: a toner particle containing binder resin; a carrier liquid; and a basic toner particle dispersing agent, wherein the basic toner particle dispersing agent is a primary amine, an acid value of the binder resin is at least 10 mg KOH/g, an acid value of a component having a molecular weight of not more than 2,000 contained in the binder resin is not more than 5 mg KOH/g, and a hydroxyl value of the component having a molecular weight of not more than 2,000 contained in the binder resin is not more than 10 mg KOH/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuzo Tokunaga, Takashi Hirasa, Yasutaka Akashi, Masato Nakajima, Naohiko Tsuchida, Akifumi Matsubara, Kohji Takenaka, Yuya Chimoto, Kouichirou Ochi, Tomoyo Miyakai
  • Publication number: 20220342335
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a colorant, a binder resin, and calcium carbonate particles, wherein an amount of the colorant in the toner particle is from 1.0 to 20.0% by mass; the binder resin comprises a polyester resin; the polyester resin has an aromatic ring concentration of from 50 to 70 mol %; a surface of the calcium carbonate particles is coated with a fatty acid; an amount of the calcium carbonate particles in the toner particle is from 1.0 to 15.0% by mass; a number average particle diameter of the calcium carbonate particles is from 150 nm to 800 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Kouichirou Ochi, Masayuki Hama, Hayato Ida, Yuya Chimoto, Hisasuke Kajihara
  • Patent number: 11385558
    Abstract: A toner has a toner particle containing a resin having an acid group, an aluminum pigment, and a fatty acid metal salt, wherein an acid value of the resin having an acid group is in a range of from 5 mg KOH/g to 25 mg KOH/g, and an amount of the resin having the acid group is 50% by mass or more; an amount of the aluminum pigment is in a range of from 10% by mass to 40% by mass; the fatty acid metal salt is represented by formula (R—COO)pM(OH)q; and an amount thereof is in a range of from 1 part by mass to 10 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the aluminum pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuya Chimoto, Kouichirou Ochi, Tomoyo Miyakai, Takashi Hirasa
  • Publication number: 20220197164
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a toner includes a pigment crushing step of kneading a pigment, a binder, and a grinding agent to obtain a pigment dispersion in which the grinding agent and the crushed pigment are dispersed in the binder; and a step of obtaining toner particles by a predetermined method using the pigment dispersion. The binder and the grinding agent are contained in the resulting toner particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Junichi Tamura, Kazuhisa Shirayama, Rei Hijikawa, Ryuji Okamura, Yuya Chimoto, Hisasuke Kajihara
  • Publication number: 20220197163
    Abstract: To provide a toner having both low temperature fixability and hot offset resistance and having excellent scratch resistance of a fixed image. A toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin, a crystalline polyester, and a calcium carbonate particle, in which the crystalline polyester includes a unit derived from an aliphatic diol and a unit derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, an ester group concentration Ec of the crystalline polyester is 27% by mass or more to 50% by mass or less, a content Ma of the calcium carbonate particle included in the toner particle is 3% by mass or more to 40% by mass or less, and a ratio (Ma/Mc) of the content Ma of the calcium carbonate particle included in the toner particle to a content Mc (% by mass) of the crystalline polyester included in the toner particle is 0.2 or more to 20 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Hisasuke Kajihara, Yuya Chimoto, Junichi Tamura, Kazuhisa Shirayama, Hayato Ida
  • Publication number: 20220197166
    Abstract: A toner including a toner particle which contains: a resin component containing a binder resin; and an inorganic fine particle, the inorganic fine particle is at least one inorganic fine particle selected from the group consisting of (i) a particle containing CaCO3, (ii) a particle containing BaSO4, (iii) a particle containing Mg3Si4O10(OH)2, and (iv) a particle containing Al2Si2O5(OH)4, a number average particle diameter Dc of a primary particle of the inorganic fine particle is 100 nm or more and 1000 nm or less, when a cross section of the toner particle is observed, an inorganic fine particle domain A having a dispersion diameter of 2.0 times or more of Dc is present in the cross section, and the inorganic fine particle and the inorganic fine particle domain A occupy a specific percentage of an area in the cross section of the toner particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Yuya Chimoto, Masayuki Hama, Hayato Ida, Kouichirou Ochi, Kazuhisa Shirayama, Hisasuke Kajihara
  • Publication number: 20220197174
    Abstract: A toner having high rub resistance is provided. A toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin and a calcium carbonate particle, wherein in X-ray diffractometry of the toner particle by CuK? radiation, when the Bragg angle is defined as ?, (i) the calcium carbonate particle has peaks at 2? of 26.5°±0.5° and 29.5°±0.5°, (ii) a crystallite diameter of crystals thereof attributed to 2?=29.5°±0.5° is 10 nm or more and 45 nm or less, and (iii) the ratio (a/b) of a peak intensity “a” at 2?=26.5°±0.5° to a peak intensity “b” at 20?=29.5°±0.5° is 0.15 or more and 0.24 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Hisasuke Kajihara, Yuya Chimoto, Hayato Ida, Kouichirou Ochi, Kazuhisa Shirayama, Masayuki Hama
  • Patent number: 11209756
    Abstract: A method for producing printed matter that has a fixed toner image and a resin layer, in the indicated sequence, on a substrate, comprising a toner image formation step of forming a fixed toner image on the substrate by fixing a toner containing a resin and a hydrocarbon wax, a mixture layer formation step of forming, on the fixed toner image, a layer of a mixture, the mixture contains at least one selected from the group consisting of diacrylates and dimethacrylates as a component (a) and a polymerization initiator as a component (b); and a resin layer formation step of polymerizing the component (a) and the component (b) in the mixture layer to form the resin layer; wherein the melting point of the hydrocarbon wax is from 55° C. to 85° C., a surface wax index A and a wax distribution unevenness index B of the area are predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuya Chimoto, Yoshiro Tsukada, Naoyuki Yamamoto, Shuichi Tamura, Akifumi Matsubara, Hayato Ida
  • Patent number: 11194260
    Abstract: A white toner including toner particles each of which contains a binder resin and a white pigment whose content is 20 to 80 mass % or less, wherein the binder resin contains a polymer A having a first and a second monomer unit, wherein the content of the first monomer unit is 5.0 to 60.0 mol % with respect to the total number of moles of all monomer units in the polymer A, wherein the content of the second monomer unit is 20.0 to 95.0 mol % with respect to the total number of moles of all the monomer units in the polymer A, wherein the SP value of the first monomer unit and the SP value of the second monomer unit satisfy specific relations, and wherein the white pigment has a total amount of a surface acidic group amount and a surface basic group amount of 60 ?mol/g or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouichirou Ochi, Hayato Ida, Yuya Chimoto, Katsuyuki Hotta
  • Patent number: 11112711
    Abstract: A white toner comprising a toner particle wherein the toner particle includes a binder resin and a calcium titanate particle, the binder resin has an acid value, and a content of the calcium titanate particle in the toner is in the range of from 25 mass % to 80 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouichirou Ochi, Yuya Chimoto, Tomoyo Miyakai, Takashi Hirasa
  • Patent number: 11112707
    Abstract: The electrophotographic photosensitive member includes: a support; a charge-generating layer; and a charge-transporting layer, the charge-generating layer and the charge-transporting layer being arranged on the support, wherein a surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member contains: inorganic particles having an average particle diameter (L?) of primary particles of 5 nm or more and 50 nm or less; and resin particles having an average particle diameter (L?) of primary particles of 0.1 ?m or more and 5.0 ?m or less, and wherein in any cross-section of the surface layer, “(Sm?)/(S?)?0.3” is satisfied, where a region within (L?/2) from a surface of each of the resin particles is defined as a region (M), a sum of cross-sectional areas of the inorganic particles in the any cross-section is represented by (S?), and a sum of cross-sectional areas of the inorganic particles that are included in the region (M) is represented by (Sm?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Takahashi, Akifumi Matsubara, Yuya Chimoto
  • Patent number: 11029617
    Abstract: A white toner comprising a toner particle including a binder resin, an inorganic white pigment, and a polyvalent metal salt compound, wherein the inorganic white pigment has an acidic group at a surface thereof; an amount of the inorganic white pigment in the toner particle is 10% to 50% by volume; the polyvalent metal salt compound is a specific compound; an absolute value of the difference between an SP value (J/cm3)1/2 of the binder resin and that of the polyvalent metal salt compound is 0.0 to 6.0; and an amount of the polyvalent metal salt compound, an amount of a polyvalent metal, the amount of the inorganic white pigment, and an amount of the acidic group at a surface of the inorganic white pigment satisfy a specific relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuya Chimoto, Kouichirou Ochi, Hayato Ida
  • Publication number: 20210080848
    Abstract: A liquid developer containing: a toner containing a binder resin; a carrier liquid; and a basic toner dispersing agent, wherein the binder resin contains a polylactic acid, the polylactic acid has an acid value of at least 5 mg KOH/g, and a content of the polylactic acid in the binder resin is at least 50 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Naohiko Tsuchida, Takashi Hirasa, Yasutaka Akashi, Masato Nakajima, Yuzo Tokunaga, Kohji Takenaka, Akifumi Matsubara, Yuya Chimoto, Kouichirou Ochi, Tomoyo Miyakai
  • Publication number: 20210063921
    Abstract: A method for producing printed matter that has a fixed toner image and a resin layer, in the indicated sequence, on a substrate, comprising a toner image formation step of forming a fixed toner image on the substrate by fixing a toner containing a resin and a hydrocarbon wax, a mixture layer formation step of forming, on the fixed toner image, a layer of a mixture, the mixture contains at least one selected from the group consisting of diacrylates and dimethacrylates as a component (a) and a polymerization initiator as a component (b); and a resin layer formation step of polymerizing the component (a) and the component (b) in the mixture layer to form the resin layer; wherein the melting point of the hydrocarbon wax is from 55° C. to 85° C., a surface wax index A and a wax distribution unevenness index B of the area are predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Yuya Chimoto, Yoshiro Tsukada, Naoyuki Yamamoto, Shuichi Tamura, Akifumi Matsubara, Hayato Ida
  • Publication number: 20200409284
    Abstract: A liquid developer comprising a toner particle, a carrier liquid, and a basic toner particle dispersing agent, wherein the toner particle contains a polyester resin A, and the polyester resin A contains at least one monomer unit selected from the group consisting of monomer units derived from aliphatic monocarboxylic acids having from 1 to 6 carbons and monomer units derived from aromatic monocarboxylic acids having from 7 to 12 carbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Akifumi Matsubara, Naohiko Tsuchida, Kohji Takenaka, Tomoyo Miyakai, Kouichirou Ochi, Yuya Chimoto, Masato Nakajima, Yasutaka Akashi, Takashi Hirasa, Yuzo Tokunaga
  • Publication number: 20200409285
    Abstract: A liquid developer comprising: a toner particle containing binder resin; a carrier liquid; and a basic toner particle dispersing agent, wherein the basic toner particle dispersing agent is a primary amine, an acid value of the binder resin is at least 10 mg KOH/g, an acid value of a component having a molecular weight of not more than 2,000 contained in the binder resin is not more than 5 mg KOH/g, and a hydroxyl value of the component having a molecular weight of not more than 2,000 contained in the binder resin is not more than 10 mg KOH/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Yuzo Tokunaga, Takashi Hirasa, Yasutaka Akashi, Masato Nakajima, Naohiko Tsuchida, Akifumi Matsubara, Kohji Takenaka, Yuya Chimoto, Kouichirou Ochi, Tomoyo Miyakai
  • Publication number: 20200363747
    Abstract: A white toner including toner particles each of which contains a binder resin and a white pigment whose content is 20 to 80 mass % or less, wherein the binder resin contains a polymer A having a first and a second monomer unit, wherein the content of the first monomer unit is 5.0 to 60.0 mol % with respect to the total number of moles of all monomer units in the polymer A, wherein the content of the second monomer unit is 20.0 to 95.0 mol % with respect to the total number of moles of all the monomer units in the polymer A, wherein the SP value of the first monomer unit and the SP value of the second monomer unit satisfy specific relations, and wherein the white pigment has a total amount of a surface acidic group amount and a surface basic group amount of 60 ?mol/g or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Kouichirou Ochi, Hayato Ida, Yuya Chimoto, Katsuyuki Hotta
  • Publication number: 20200341396
    Abstract: A white toner comprising a toner particle wherein the toner particle includes a binder resin and a calcium titanate particle, the binder resin has an acid value, and a content of the calcium titanate particle in the toner is in the range of from 25 mass % to 80 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Kouichirou Ochi, Yuya Chimoto, Tomoyo Miyakai, Takashi Hirasa