IP Library Granted Patent US 12,449,741
Granted Patent B2
US 12,449,741 · App. 17/664,102 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Toner

Inventors: Megumi Shino (Chiba, JP); Takeshi Hashimoto (Ibaraki, JP); Yukihiro Abe (Chiba, JP); Miki Ueda (Tokyo, JP); Hayato Ida (Ibaraki, JP); Kazuki Murata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G03G9/0821G03G9/0802G03G9/0819G03G9/0827G03G9/08711G03G9/08731G03G9/08773
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,449,741
App. No.
17/664,102
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a toner comprising: a toner particle containing a binder resin; and an organic silicon polymer particle on a surface of the toner particle, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline resin, and when the toner particle is pelletized and a Young's modulus of the toner measured in a micro compression test at 25° C. is represented by TE (MPa) and when one organic silicon polymer particle is separated from the toner and a Young's modulus of the one organic silicon polymer particle measured in a micro compression test at 25° C. is represented by SiE (MPa), TE and SiE satisfies 800≤TE≤2500 and 1.5≤SiE/TE≤10.0.

Claims (17)

1. A toner, comprising:

a toner particle containing a binder resin, the binder resin containing a crystalline resin; and

an organic silicon polymer particle on a surface of the toner particle, wherein

800≤TE≤2500 and 1.5≤SiE/TE≤10.0

when TE (MPa) is a Young's modulus measured with a micro compression tester at 25° C. using a test piece obtained by pelletizing the toner and SiE (MPa) is a Young's modulus measured with the micro compression tester at 25° C. using the organic silicon polymer particle separated from the toner, and

0.20≤S4/SA≤0.60, 0.00≤S3/SA≤0.50 and 0.20≤S2/SA≤0.70

when SA is a total peak area derived from an organic silicon polymer in a measurement of 29 Si-NMR using the organic silicon polymer particle as a specimen, S4 is a peak area derived from a Q unit structure, S3 is a peak area derived from a T unit structure, and S2 is a peak area derived from a D unit structure.

2. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the crystalline resin is 50 mass % or more based on the binder resin.

3. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the organic silicon polymer particle is 0.5 to 20 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the toner particle.

4. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the toner has a diffraction peak in a range in which a diffraction angle 2θ is 20.0 to 22.0° in an X-ray diffraction spectrum using a CuKα line.

5. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the crystalline resin includes a monomer unit represented by formula (1)

where R Z1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and R 1 represents an alkyl group having 18 to 36 carbon atoms, and

a proportion of the monomer unit is 30.0 mass % or more based on a mass of the crystalline resin.

6. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the toner particle includes an amorphous resin,

a domain of the amorphous resin is observed in a cross section of the toner particle observed with a transmission electron microscope, and

a number-average particle diameter of the domain present in the cross section within a range of 800 nm from a surface of the toner particle is 20 to 500 nm.

7. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein an average circularity of the toner particle is 0.930 to 0.980.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2022
From: SHINO, MEGUMI; HASHIMOTO, TAKESHI; ABE, YUKIHIRO; UEDA, MIKI; IDA, HAYATO; MURATA, KAZUKI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 060935/0338 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2021-098007 · Jun 11, 2021 · national
JP 2022-077313 · May 10, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220413406A1 · Dec 29, 2022
References Cited (75)
US 9057970B2 · Ida · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9152088B1 · Kobori · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9348247B2 · Ida · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9348253B2 · Kanno · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9417540B2 · Hashimoto · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9436112B2 · Iwasaki · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9540483B2 · Ida · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9575426B2 · Shimano · 2017 [cited by examiner]
US 9651883B2 · Hama · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9665026B2 · Iwasaki · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9696644B2 · Ida · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9809682B2 · Ishizu · 2017 [cited by examiner]
US 9897934B2 · Tamura · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10012920B2 · Shibata · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10036970B2 · Kanno · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10078281B2 · Ida · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10082743B2 · Hama · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10088765B2 · Miyakai · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10146146B2 · Komatsu · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 10175595B2 · Onozaki · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10197936B2 · Onozaki · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10203619B2 · Yamashita · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10228629B2 · Tamura · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10274851B2 · Hashimoto · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10353312B2 · Kamae · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10401748B2 · Hashimoto · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10423086B2 · Hama · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10451986B2 · Sano · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10451990B2 · Kamae · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10474049B2 · Onozaki · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10514624B2 · Tamura · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10564560B2 · Onozaki · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10599060B2 · Kanno · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10656545B2 · Kamae · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10775710B1 · Kamae · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10859931B2 · Hashimoto · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10877386B2 · Murayama · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10969705B2 · Shirayama · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 11029617B2 · Chimoto · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 11131938B2 · Murayama · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 11131939B2 · Hama · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 11181848B2 · Ochi · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20010046636A1 · Daimon · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 20130108955A1 · Shibata · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 20130288173A1 · Hashimoto · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 20140329176A1 · Kanno · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20150099227A1 · Ida · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20180113391A1 · Yamauchi · 2018 [cited by examiner]
US 20180314176A1 · Ikeda · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20210055668A1 · Tamura · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210141315A1 · Kamae · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210181647A1 · Hashimoto · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210181649A1 · Kanno · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210181650A1 · Hama · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210181651A1 · Kanno · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210278774A1 · Hashimoto · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210278775A1 · Kamae · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210302853A1 · Murata · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210302854A1 · Kitamura · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210389688A1 · Shibata · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20220050398A1 · Ooyama · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 20220187728A1 · Miura · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 20220197163A1 · Kajihara · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 20220197166A1 · Chimoto · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 20220197174A1 · Kajihara · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 20220236654A1 · Watanabe · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 20220236655A1 · Kanno · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 20220236656A1 · Kanno · 2022 [cited by applicant]
JP 2001305796A · 2001 [cited by applicant]
JP 2014130243A · 2014 [cited by applicant]
U.S. Appl. No. 17/654,461, filed Mar. 11, 2022, Yukihiko Abe. [cited by applicant]
U.S. Appl. No. 17/654,481, filed Mar. 11, 2022, Kazuki Murata. [cited by applicant]
U.S. Appl. No. 17/656,282, filed Mar. 24, 2022, Takeshi Hashimoto. [cited by applicant]
U.S. Appl. No. 17/659,084, filed Apr. 13, 2022, Kouichirou Ochi. [cited by applicant]
U.S. Appl. No. 17/663,935, filed May 18, 2022, Miki Ueda. [cited by applicant]
Cited By (1)
US 12,631,980