Patents by Inventor Hidekazu Hirose

Hidekazu Hirose 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: 20190230766
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device includes an anode and a cathode that are a pair of electrodes, at least one of the electrodes being transparent or translucent; and an organic compound layer interposed between the electrodes, the organic compound layer including at least one layer containing a cured film obtained from a composition that contains an amine compound having six or more crosslinkable groups. The cured film has a residual film ratio of 90% or more after a condition described below, and a rate of change in surface roughness Ra of the cured film before and after the condition described below is 0.99 or more: condition: placing toluene on the cured film and leaving toluene thereon for 30 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime SUGAHARA, Katsumi NUKADA, Hidekazu HIROSE
  • Patent number: 10265680
    Abstract: A silica particle includes a silica particle body and a titania coating layer formed on a surface of the silica particle body through a reaction of a titanium compound having a structure in which a hydrocarbon group bonds to a titanium atom through an oxygen atom. The silica particle has absorption at a wavelength of about 400 nm or more and about 800 nm or less in an ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Yoshikawa, Hidekazu Hirose, Hiroyoshi Okuno, Takeshi Iwanaga, Yasunobu Kashima, Wataru Yamada, Sakae Takeuchi, Atsushi Sugitate
  • Publication number: 20170277049
    Abstract: A compound has a structure represented by the following formula (C1): wherein Ra1, Ra2, Ra3, Ra41, Ra42, Ra43, Ra44, Ra45, Ra5, Ra6, Ra7, Ra8, Ra9, Ra10, and Ra11 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an alkoxy group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, a cyano group, a halogen atom, or a group obtained by combining two or more of the above groups, and a combination of Ra1 and Ra2, Ra41 and Ra42, Ra42 and Ra43, Ra43 and Ra44, Ra44 and Ra45, Ra5 and Ra6, Ra8 and Ra9, or Ra10 and Ra11 each independently may form a ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru YAMADA, Hidekazu HIROSE
  • Patent number: 9772567
    Abstract: A compound has a structure represented by the following formula (C1): wherein Ra1, Ra2, Ra3, Ra41, Ra42, Ra43, Ra44, Ra45, Ra5, Ra6, Ra7, Ra8, Ra9, Ra10, and Ra11 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an alkoxy group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, a cyano group, a halogen atom, or a group obtained by combining two or more of the above groups, and a combination of Ra1 and Ra2, Ra41 and Ra42, Ra42 and Ra43, Ra43 and Ra44, Ra44 and Ra45, Ra5 and Ra6, Ra8 and Ra9, or Ra10 and Ra11 each independently may form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Yamada, Hidekazu Hirose
  • Publication number: 20170252736
    Abstract: A titanium oxide particle surface-treated with a silane compound having a hydrocarbon group has absorption at a wavelength of about 400 nm or more and about 800 nm or less in an ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum, and has an absorption peak at a wave number of about 2700 cm?1 or more and about 3000 cm?1 or less in an infrared absorption spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu HIROSE, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Hiroyoshi OKUNO, Takeshi IWANAGA, Yasunobu KASHIMA, Wataru YAMADA, Sakae TAKEUCHI, Atsushi SUGITATE
  • Publication number: 20170253621
    Abstract: A metatitanic acid particle surface-treated with a silane compound having a hydrocarbon group has absorption at a wavelength of about 400 nm or more and about 800 nm or less in an ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum, and has an absorption peak at a wave number of about 2700 cm?1 or more and about 3000 cm?1 or less in an infrared absorption spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Hidekazu HIROSE, Hiroyoshi OKUNO, Takeshi IWANAGA, Yasunobu KASHIMA, Wataru YAMADA, Sakae TAKEUCHI, Atsushi SUGITATE
  • Publication number: 20170252724
    Abstract: A silica particle includes a silica particle body and a titania coating layer formed on a surface of the silica particle body through a reaction of a titanium compound having a structure in which a hydrocarbon group bonds to a titanium atom through an oxygen atom. The silica particle has absorption at a wavelength of about 400 nm or more and about 800 nm or less in an ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Hidekazu HIROSE, Hiroyoshi OKUNO, Takeshi IWANAGA, Yasunobu KASHIMA, Wataru YAMADA, Sakae TAKEUCHI, Atsushi SUGITATE
  • Patent number: 9535343
    Abstract: An image forming method satisfies the following Expressions: 0.01<Rmf<0.20??Expression (A1): 0.005<Rmf/Wh<5.000??Expression (B1): 0.002<Rmf/Wl<1.000??Expression (B2): 1.0<Whmax/Whmin<2.5??Expression (C1): 1.0<Wlmax/Wlmin<2.5??Expression (C2): wherein, when a content of the fatty acid metal salt particles with respect to the entire weight of the toner is set as Rmf, an average abrasion rate of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is set as Wh, a maximum abrasion rate of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is set as Whmax, and a minimum abrasion rate of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is set as Whmin, and an average abrasion rate of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is set as Wl, a maximum abrasion rate of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is set as Wlmax, and a minimum abrasion rate of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is set as Wlmin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nukada, Hidekazu Hirose, Tomoya Sasaki, Yuko Iwadate, Kenji Kajiwara, Tatsuki Sano
  • Patent number: 9310702
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive substrate, wherein an outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is composed of a cured film of a composition containing a reactive charge transport material, a zinc stearate coverage of the surface of the outermost surface layer is 5.0% or more, and an oxygen permeability coefficient of the outermost surface layer before coating with zinc stearate is 2.0×1012 fm2/Pa·s or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kajiwara, Katsumi Nukada, Hidekazu Hirose, Yuko Iwadate
  • Publication number: 20160091804
    Abstract: An image forming method satisfies the following Expressions: 0.01<Rmf<0.20??Expression (A1) 0.005<Rmf/Wh<5.000??Expression (B1) 0.002<Rmf/Wl<1.000??Expression (B2) 1.0<Whmax/Whmin<2.5??Expression (C1) 1.0<Wlmax/Wlmin<2.5??Expression (C2) wherein, when a content of the fatty acid metal salt particles with respect to the entire weight of the toner is set as Rmf, an average abrasion rate of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is set as Wh, a maximum abrasion rate of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is set as Whmax, and a minimum abrasion rate of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is set as Whmin, and an average abrasion rate of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is set as Wl, a maximum abrasion rate of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is set as Wlmax, and a minimum abrasion rate of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is set as Wlmin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Katsumi NUKADA, Hidekazu HIROSE, Tomoya SASAKI, Yuko IWADATE, Kenji KAJIWARA, Tatsuki SANO
  • Publication number: 20160085163
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive substrate, wherein an outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is a cured film of a composition containing a reactive charge transporting material and silica particles having a hydrophobization-treated surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Kenji KAJIWARA, Katsumi NUKADA, Hidekazu HIROSE, Tomoya SASAKI, Yuko IWADATE, Tatsuki SANO
  • Patent number: 9235145
    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 unreacted reactive compound in the outermost surface layer after forming the outermost surface layer is 3% by weight or less based on the weight of the outermost surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nukada, Wataru Yamada, Hidekazu Hirose, Yuko Iwadate, Kenji Kajiwara
  • Patent number: 9188886
    Abstract: An image holding member for an image forming apparatus includes a support and a photosensitive layer disposed on the support. The photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material and a compound represented by the following formula (II-1): wherein in the formula (II-1), Y1's each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted divalent hydrocarbon group; A1 represents a group represented by formula (II-2); R2's each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group; m's each independently represent an integer of from 1 to 5; and p represents an integer of from 5 to 5,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hirose, Ryosaku Igarashi, Katsuhiro Sato
  • Patent number: 9182687
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive substrate, wherein an outermost surface layer includes a cured film of a composition containing inorganic particles having polymerizable groups and at least one selected from the reactive compounds represented by the following formulae (I) and (II): wherein F represents a charge transporting skeleton; L represents a divalent linking group; and m represents an integer of 1 to 8, wherein F represents a charge transporting skeleton; L? represents an (n+1)-valent linking group; m? represents an integer of 1 to 6; and n represents an integer of 2 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Sasaki, Katsumi Nukada, Wataru Yamada, Hidekazu Hirose, Yuko Iwadate, Kenji Kajiwara
  • Publication number: 20150277245
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive substrate, wherein an outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is composed of a cured film of a composition containing a reactive charge transport material, a zinc stearate coverage of the surface of the outermost surface layer is 5.0% or more, and an oxygen permeability coefficient of the outermost surface layer before coating with zinc stearate is 2.0×1012 fm2/Pa·s or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Kenji KAJIWARA, Katsumi NUKADA, Hidekazu HIROSE, Yuko IWADATE
  • 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: 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