Patents by Inventor Hiroe Fuchigami

Hiroe Fuchigami 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: 20220197162
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electrophotographic photoreceptor which can prevent an increase in potential even using a fluorine resin in a charge transport layer, and can achieve both electrical properties and abrasion resistance, and present invention relates to a lamination type electrophotographic photoreceptor, in which a charge transport layer of the lamination type electrophotographic photoreceptor contains a compound having an E_homo of ?4.550 eV or more based on structure optimization calculation by density functional calculation B3LYP/6-31G (d, p) and fluorine resin particles, and a content of the fluorine resin particles is 3% by weight to 20% by weight based on a total mass of the charge transport layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo WADA, Wataru MIYASHITA, Takahiro CHODA, Akira ANDO, Hiroe FUCHIGAMI
  • Patent number: 11307510
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electrophotographic photoreceptor which can prevent an increase in potential even using a fluorine resin in a charge transport layer, and can achieve both electrical properties and abrasion resistance, and present invention relates to a lamination type electrophotographic photoreceptor, in which a charge transport layer of the lamination type electrophotographic photoreceptor contains a compound having an E_homo of ?4.550 eV or more based on structure optimization calculation by density functional calculation B3LYP/6-31G (d, p) and fluorine resin particles, and a content of the fluorine resin particles is 3% by weight to 20% by weight based on a total mass of the charge transport layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Wada, Wataru Miyashita, Takahiro Choda, Akira Ando, Hiroe Fuchigami
  • Patent number: 10503088
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor which is a positive charging type electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising a conductive support and a photosensitive layer on the conductive support, wherein the photosensitive layer contains at least a charge generating material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, and a binder resin in the same layer, and a residual potential VL1 at a point at which an exposure amount for forming a latent image is 0.3 ?J/cm2 is equal to or lower than 130 V when an initial surface potential V0 is set to +700 V, exposure with monochromatic light of 780 nm is performed and measurement is performed by a dynamic method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroe Fuchigami, Mitsuo Wada
  • Publication number: 20190346779
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electrophotographic photoreceptor which can prevent an increase in potential even using a fluorine resin in a charge transport layer, and can achieve both electrical properties and abrasion resistance, and present invention relates to a lamination type electrophotographic photoreceptor, in which a charge transport layer of the lamination type electrophotographic photoreceptor contains a compound having an E_homo of ?4.550 eV or more based on structure optimization calculation by density functional calculation B3LYP/6-31G (d, p) and fluorine resin particles, and a content of the fluorine resin particles is 3% by weight to 20% by weight based on a total mass of the charge transport layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo WADA, Wataru Miyashita, Takahiro Choda, Akira Ando, Hiroe Fuchigami
  • Publication number: 20190107790
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor which is a positive charging type electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising a conductive support and a photosensitive layer on the conductive support, wherein the photosensitive layer contains at least a charge generating material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, and a binder resin in the same layer, and a residual potential VL1 at a point at which an exposure amount for forming a latent image is 0.3 ?J/cm2 is equal to or lower than 130 V when an initial surface potential V0 is set to +700 V, exposure with monochromatic light of 780 nm is performed and measurement is performed by a dynamic method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroe FUCHIGAMI, Mitsuo WADA
  • Patent number: 10197928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor which is a positive charging type electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising a conductive support and a photosensitive layer on the conductive support, wherein the photosensitive layer contains at least a charge generating material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, and a binder resin in the same layer, and a residual potential VL1 at a point at which an exposure amount for forming a latent image is 0.3 ?J/cm2 is equal to or lower than 130 V when an initial surface potential V0 is set to +700 V, exposure with monochromatic light of 780 nm is performed and measurement is performed by a dynamic method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroe Fuchigami, Mitsuo Wada
  • Publication number: 20180004101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a single-layer type electrophotographic photoreceptor for positive charging, comprising: a conductive support; and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive support and comprising a binder resin, a charge generation material, a hole transport material and a specific electron transport material within the same layer, wherein the photosensitive layer contains a specific aromatic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo WADA, Hiroe FUCHIGAMI, Akira ANDO
  • Publication number: 20170242353
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor which is a positive charging type electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising a conductive support and a photosensitive layer on the conductive support, wherein the photosensitive layer contains at least a charge generating material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, and a binder resin in the same layer, and a residual potential VL1 at a point at which an exposure amount for forming a latent image is 0.3 ?J/cm2 is equal to or lower than 130 V when an initial surface potential V0 is set to +700 V, exposure with monochromatic light of 780 nm is performed and measurement is performed by a dynamic method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroe FUCHIGAMI, Mitsuo WADA
  • Patent number: 9507284
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising an electroconductive support and at least a photosensitive layer formed on the support, wherein the photosensitive layer contains a specific charge transport substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Wada, Hiroe Fuchigami
  • Publication number: 20150205217
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising an electroconductive support and at least a photosensitive layer formed on the support, wherein the photosensitive layer contains a specific charge transport substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo WADA, Hiroe Fuchigami
  • Patent number: 8906586
    Abstract: A coating fluid for photosensitive-layer formation having high productivity and stability and a process thereof are provided. Also provided are a high-performance electrophotographic photoreceptor and an image-forming apparatus which are capable of forming high-quality images even in various use environments and are less apt to cause image defects such as black spots or color spots. The objects are accomplished with a process for producing a coating fluid which is for forming a photosensitive layer of an electrophotographic photoreceptor and comprises a charge-generating material and a binder resin, wherein a dispersing medium having an average particle diameter in the range of from 1.0 ?m to 350 ?m is used as a dispersing medium for dispersing the charge-generating material in the coating fluid for photosensitive-layer formation. The coating fluid for photosensitive-layer formation produced by this process is preferable as a photosensitive layer of an electrophotographic photoreceptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Teruyuki Mitsumori, Kozo Ishio, Hiroe Fuchigami
  • Patent number: 8420283
    Abstract: Provided is a coating liquid for forming an undercoat layer of an electrophotographic photoreceptor exhibiting high stability. In the coating liquid for forming an undercoat layer of an electrophotographic photoreceptor containing metal oxide particles and a binder resin, the metal oxide particles have a cumulative volume average diameter D50 of 0.1 ?m or less and a volume particle size distribution width index SD satisfying the following Expression (1) which are measured by a dynamic light-scattering method in the coating liquid for forming an undercoat layer, 0.010?SD?0.040??(1) where SD=(D84?D16)/2, where D84 represents the particle diameter (?m) at a point of 84% in the cumulative volume particle size distribution curve, and D16 represents the particle diameter (?m) at a point of 16% in the cumulative volume particle size distribution curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroe Fuchigami, Kozo Ishio
  • Patent number: 8415079
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor, comprising an electroconductive substrate, an undercoat layer comprising a binder resin and metal oxide particles having a refractive index of at least 2.0 formed on the electroconductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer formed on the undercoat layer, wherein a ratio of a specular reflection of the undercoat layer calculated as a thickness of 2 ?m to a light having a wavelength of 480 nm, to the specular reflection of the electroconductive substrate to a light having a wavelength of 480 nm, is at least 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroe Fuchigami
  • Patent number: 8404411
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor having high sensitivity and hardly affected by the transfer in an electrophotographic process is provided. The electrophotographic photoreceptor includes an undercoat layer containing metal oxide particles and a binder resin and a photosensitive layer disposed on the undercoat layer, wherein the metal oxide particles have a volume average particle diameter of 0.1 ?m or less and a 90% cumulative particle diameter of 0.3 ?m or less which are measured by a dynamic light-scattering method in a liquid of the undercoat layer dispersed in a solvent mixture of methanol and 1-propanol at a weight ratio of 7:3, and the photosensitive layer contains a binder resin having an ester bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Teruyuki Mitsumori, Kozo Ishio, Hiroe Fuchigami, Hiroaki Takamura, Yasunori Kawai
  • Patent number: 8399165
    Abstract: To provide a coating fluid for forming an undercoat layer having high stability, a high quality and long-life electrophotographic photoreceptor capable of forming a high quality image in various environments, with which image defects such as black spots or color spots hardly occur, an image forming apparatus using such a photoreceptor, and an electrophotographic cartridge using such a photoreceptor. A coating fluid for forming un undercoat layer of an electrophotographic photoreceptor containing titanium oxide particles and a binder resin, characterized in that titanium oxide agglomerated secondary particles in the coating fluid have a volume average particle size of at most 0.1 ?m and a cumulative 90% particle size of at most 0.3 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroe Fuchigami
  • Patent number: 8394559
    Abstract: Provided are a coating liquid for forming an undercoat layer exhibiting high stability, a process for forming the coating liquid, a high-performance electrophotographic photoreceptor that is capable of forming a high-quality image under various use environments and exhibiting reduced image defects such as black spots and color spots, and an image-forming apparatus and electrophotographic cartridge including the electrophotographic photoreceptor. In the coating liquid for forming an undercoat layer of an electrophotographic photoreceptor containing metal oxide particles and a binder resin, the metal oxide particles have a number average particle diameter of 0.10 ?m or less and a 10% cumulative particle diameter of 0.060 ?m or less which are measured by a dynamic light-scattering method in the coating liquid for forming an undercoat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Teruyuki Mitsumori, Shunichiro Kurihara, Hiroe Fuchigami
  • Patent number: 8323861
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor having high sensitivity and low residual potential is provided. The electrophotographic photoreceptor includes an undercoat layer containing metal oxide particles and a binder resin on an electroconductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer disposed on the undercoat layer, wherein the metal oxide particles have a volume average particle diameter of 0.1 ?m or less and a 90% cumulative particle diameter of 0.3 ?m or less which are measured by a dynamic light-scattering method in a liquid of the undercoat layer dispersed in a solvent mixture of methanol and 1-propanol at a weight ratio of 7:3; and the photosensitive layer contains crystalline phthalocyanine showing at least one distinct main diffraction peak at a Bragg angle (2?±0.2°) of 27.0° to 29.0° in an X-ray diffraction spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Teruyuki Mitsumori, Kozo Ishio, Hiroe Fuchigami
  • Patent number: 8178264
    Abstract: To provide a coating fluid for forming an undercoat layer having high stability, a high quality and long-life electrophotographic photoreceptor capable of forming a high quality image in various environments, with which image defects such as black spots or color spots hardly occur, an image forming apparatus using such a photoreceptor, and an electrophotographic cartridge using such a photoreceptor. A coating fluid for forming un undercoat layer of an electrophotographic photoreceptor containing titanium oxide particles and a binder resin, characterized in that titanium oxide agglomerated secondary particles in the coating fluid have a volume average particle size of at most 0.1 ?m and a cumulative 90% particle size of at most 0.3 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroe Fuchigami
  • Publication number: 20110280622
    Abstract: To provide a coating fluid for forming an undercoat layer having high stability, a high quality and long-life electrophotographic photoreceptor capable of forming a high quality image in various environments, with which image defects such as black spots or color spots hardly occur, an image forming apparatus using such a photoreceptor, and an electrophotographic cartridge using such a photoreceptor. A coating fluid for forming un undercoat layer of an electrophotographic photoreceptor containing titanium oxide particles and a binder resin, characterized in that titanium oxide agglomerated secondary particles in the coating fluid have a volume average particle size of at most 0.1 ?m and a cumulative 90% particle size of at most 0.3 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroe FUCHIGAMI
  • Publication number: 20100158561
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor having high performance that hardly generates image defects such as black spots, color spots, and interference fringes is provided. The electrophotographic photoreceptor includes an undercoat layer containing metal oxide particles and a binder resin on an electroconductive substrate having a maximum height surface roughness Rz in the range of 0.8?Rz?2 ?m, and a photosensitive layer disposed on the undercoat layer, wherein the metal oxide particles have a volume average particle diameter of 0.1 ?m or less and a 90% cumulative particle diameter of 0.3 ?m or less which are measured by a dynamic light-scattering method in a liquid containing the undercoat layer dispersed in a solvent mixture of methanol and 1-propanol at a weight ratio of 7:3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teruyuki Mitsumori, Kozo Ishio, Hiroe Fuchigami, Susumu Taguchi, Shunichiro Kurihara