Patents by Inventor Katsumi Nukada

Katsumi Nukada 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: 9057972
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes an electroconductive substrate, a photosensitive layer provided on the electroconductive substrate, and an outermost surface layer, wherein the outermost surface layer is a layer constituted with a cured product of a composition including at least one of non-charge transporting compounds represented by formulae (I) and (II), and at least one non-reactive charge transporting material:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nukada, Wataru Yamada, Hidekazu Hirose, Yuko Iwadate, Kenji Kajiwara
  • Patent number: 9034543
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; a charge generating layer provided on the conductive substrate; a charge transporting layer provided on the charge generating layer, which is configured to include a charge transporting material and a polycarbonate; and an outermost surface layer provided on the charge transporting layer, which is constituted with a cured film formed of a composition including a chain polymerizable compound having at least a charge transporting skeleton and a chain polymerizable functional group in the same molecule, and has an A value represented by the following equation (1) being from 0.1 to 0.3, and a B value represented by the following equation (2) being 0.02 or less, each of which is determined by an Attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: A=(S1/S13)?(S0/S03)??Equation (1) B=S2/S23??Equation (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko Iwadate, Wataru Yamada, Hidekazu Hirose, Kenji Kajiwara, Katsumi Nukada, Ryo Sekiguchi, Takayuki Ito
  • Patent number: 9034544
    Abstract: Provided is a compound represented by the following Formula (I): wherein in Formula (I), F represents a charge transporting skeleton, L represents a divalent linking group including a —(CH2)n—O— group, m represents an integer of from 1 to 8, and n represents an integer of from 3 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nukada, Wataru Yamada, Tomoya Sasaki, Yuko Iwadate, Kenji Kajiwara
  • Patent number: 9005855
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate; a charge generating layer provided on the conductive substrate; a charge transporting layer provided on the charge generating layer; and an outermost surface layer provided on the charge transporting layer, wherein the charge transporting layer includes a charge transporting material and a polycarbonate copolymer having a solubility parameter as calculated by a Feders method of from 11.40 to 11.75, and the outermost surface layer includes a charge transporting material, fluorine-containing resin particles, and a fluorine-containing dispersant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuko Iwadate, Katsumi Nukada, Wataru Yamada, Hidekazu Hirose, Tomoya Sasaki, Kenji Kajiwara
  • Patent number: 8962225
    Abstract: A charge transporting film includes a cured film of a composition containing at least one selected from reactive compounds represented by the following Formula (I): wherein F represents a charge transporting skeleton, D represents a group represented by Formula (IIa), m represents an integer of from 1 to 8, E represents a group represented by Formula (IIb), L represents a (n+1)-valent linking group including two or more selected from the group consisting of an alkylene group, an alkenylene group, —C(?O)—, —N(R)—, —S—, —O—, and a trivalent or tetravalent group derived from alkane or alkene, R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group, n represents an integer of from 1 to 3, R0 represents a halogen atom, an alkyl group, or an alkoxy group, and n0 represents an integer of from 0 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Sasaki, Katsumi Nukada, Wataru Yamada, Hidekazu Hirose, Kenji Kajiwara, Yuko Iwadate
  • Patent number: 8951701
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for forming a charge transporting film, including a solvent having a dielectric constant of 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuko Iwadate, Katsumi Nukada, Wataru Yamada, Hidekazu Hirose, Tomoya Sasaki, Kenji Kajiwara
  • Patent number: 8900783
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes an electroconductive substrate; a photosensitive layer that is provided on the electroconductive substrate; and an outermost surface layer, wherein the outermost surface layer is a layer made of a cured product of a composition that contains position isomer mixture of at least one kind among non-charge transporting compounds represented by Formulae (I) and (II) and at least one kind among non-reactive charge transporting materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nukada, Wataru Yamada, Hidekazu Hirose, Yuko Iwadate, Kenji Kajiwara
  • Patent number: 8883381
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image forming apparatus including: an electrophotographic photoreceptor; a charging unit; an electrostatic latent image forming unit that forms an electrostatic latent image; a developing unit that develops the electrostatic latent image formed at the electrophotographic photoreceptor by a developer to form a toner image, the developing unit storing the developer containing a toner having toner particles containing a crystalline resin and having a shape factor SF1 of from 100 to 150, a volume average particle diameter of from 3 to 6 ?m, and fluorocarbon-based resin particles as an external additive; a transfer unit; and a cleaning unit that cleans the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor with a blade containing urethane rubber, the blade disposed applying a pressure to the electrophotographic photoreceptor surface of 0.20 mN/mm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nukada, Wataru Yamada, Tsuyoshi Miyamoto, Kenya Sonobe, Takatsugu Doi
  • Publication number: 20140321882
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for forming a charge transporting film, including a solvent having a dielectric constant of 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko IWADATE, Katsumi NUKADA, Wataru YAMADA, Hidekazu HIROSE, Tomoya SASAKI, Kenji KAJIWARA
  • Patent number: 8859173
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor is disclosed, in which an outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is made of a cured film of a composition including a compound represented by the following Formula (M1) and a charge transporting material having a chain polymerizable functional group:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Yamada, Katsumi Nukada, Takatsugu Doi, Tsuyoshi Miyamoto, Kenya Sonobe
  • Publication number: 20140295337
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; a charge generating layer provided on the conductive substrate; a charge transporting layer provided on the charge generating layer, which is configured to include a charge transporting material and a polycarbonate; and an outermost surface layer provided on the charge transporting layer, which is constituted with a cured film formed of a composition including a chain polymerizable compound having at least a charge transporting skeleton and a chain polymerizable functional group in the same molecule, and has an A value represented by the following equation (1) being from 0.1 to 0.3, and a B value represented by the following equation (2) being 0.02 or less, each of which is determined by an Attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: A=(S1/S13)?(S0/S03)??Equation (1) B=S2/S23??Equation (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko IWADATE, Wataru YAMADA, Hidekazu HIROSE, Kenji KAJIWARA, Katsumi NUKADA, Ryo SEKIGUCHI, Takayuki ITO
  • Patent number: 8846280
    Abstract: Provided is a compound represented by the following General Formula (I): wherein in General Formula (I), F represents a charge transporting subunit, L represents a linking group having a valency of (n+1) that is formed by combining two or more kinds selected from a group consisting of an alkylene group, —C?C— (an alkenylene group), —C(?O)—, —N(R)—, —O—, and —S—, and R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group, m represents an integer of from 1 to 6, and n represents an integer of from 2 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Yamada, Katsumi Nukada, Yuko Iwadate, Tomoya Sasaki, Kenji Kajiwara
  • Publication number: 20140255834
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes an electroconductive substrate, a photosensitive layer provided on the electroconductive substrate, and an outermost surface layer, wherein the outermost surface layer is a layer constituted with a cured product of a composition including at least one of non-charge transporting compounds represented by formulae (I) and (II), and at least one non-reactive charge transporting material:
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Katsumi NUKADA, Wataru YAMADA, Hidekazu HIROSE, Yuko IWADATE, Kenji KAJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20140255835
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes an electroconductive substrate; a photosensitive layer that is provided on the electroconductive substrate; and an outermost surface layer, wherein the outermost surface layer is a layer made of a cured product of a composition that contains position isomer mixture of at least one kind among non-charge transporting compounds represented by Formulae (I) and (II) and at least one kind among non-reactive charge transporting materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi NUKADA, Wataru YAMADA, Hidekazu HIROSE, Yuko IWADATE, Kenji KAJIWARA
  • Patent number: 8815480
    Abstract: To provide an electrophotographic photoreceptor including the outermost surface layer formed from a cured film of a composition containing a compound having a chain polymerizable functional group and a charge transportable skeleton in a molecule and a chain transfer agent having a sulfur atom in a molecule, in which the reaction rate of the compound having a chain polymerizable functional group and a charge transportable skeleton in a molecule is about 90% to about 100% and the charge mobility of the cured film at an electric field intensity of 1.0×105 v/cm is from about 5.0×10?7 cm2/Vs to about 1.0×10?4 cm2/Vs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenya Sonobe, Katsumi Nukada, Wataru Yamada, Takatsugu Doi, Tsuyoshi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 8808952
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for forming a charge transporting film, including a solvent having a dielectric constant of 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuko Iwadate, Katsumi Nukada, Wataru Yamada, Hidekazu Hirose, Tomoya Sasaki, Kenji Kajiwara
  • Patent number: 8795933
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoconductor includes a conductive substrate and an outermost surface layer on the conductive substrate. The outermost surface layer contains a copolymer (a) derived from a reactive monomer having charge transport property and a reactive monomer having no charge transport property, and a polymer prepared by polymerizing, in the presence of the copolymer (a), a reactive monomer (b) that has a solubility parameter (SP value) different from a solubility parameter (SP value) of the reactive monomer having no charge transport property by about 2 (cal/cm3)1/2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takatsugu Doi, Wataru Yamada, Yuko Iwadate, Katsumi Nukada
  • Publication number: 20140213723
    Abstract: A polyimide precursor composition includes an organic amine compound and a resin which contains a repeating unit represented by the following Formula (I) and has an imidization rate of 0.2 or less dissolved in a solvent containing water and one or more kinds of organic solvents selected from a water-soluble ether solvent, a water-soluble ketone solvent, and a water-soluble alcohol solvent: wherein A represents a tetravalent organic group, and B represents a divalent organic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi MIYAMOTO, Katsumi NUKADA
  • Publication number: 20140213724
    Abstract: A polyimide precursor composition includes: a resin that contains a repeating unit represented by the following Formula (I) and has an imidization rate of 0.2 or less, wherein A represents a tetravalent organic group, and B represents a divalent organic group; an aliphatic cyclic amine compound; and an aqueous solvent, wherein the resin and the aliphatic cyclic amine compound are dissolved in the aqueous solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi MIYAMOTO, Kana MIYAZAKI, Katsumi NUKADA
  • Publication number: 20140205939
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive substrate, and an outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is constituted with a polymerized product or crosslinked product of a composition including at least one selected from reactive compounds represented by the formulae (I) and (II) and a non-reactive charge transporting material, a content of the non-reactive charge transporting material in the composition is from 5% by weight to 40% by weight based on the weight of the outermost surface layer, and a content of the reactive compound before the reaction in the outermost surface layer is 3% by weight or less based on the weight of the outermost surface layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi NUKADA, Wataru YAMADA, Hidekazu HIROSE, Yuko IWADATE, Kenji KAJIWARA