Patents by Inventor Jiro KORENAGA

Jiro KORENAGA 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: 9075326
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive substrate, wherein an uppermost surface layer thereof is constituted with a cured film of a composition that contains at least two kinds of reactive charge transporting materials selected from a first reactive charge transporting material having an —OH group as a reactive functional group and a second reactive charge transporting material having an —OCH3 group as a reactive functional group, fluororesin particles, and an alkyl fluoride group-containing copolymer having repeating units represented by the following Structural Formulae A and B, and a relative dielectric constant ?r of the uppermost surface layer satisfies the following Formula (1):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro Korenaga, Keiko Matsuki, Masahiro Iwasaki, Mitsuhide Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8974992
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate, an undercoat layer that is provided on the electroconductive substrate, contains a binder resin, metal oxide particles and an electron accepting compound having an acidic group and has an AC impedance of from 1×105? to 1×108? under the measurement condition in which a temperature is 22° C., a humidity is 50% RH, an AC voltage is ±1 V, and a frequency is 1 Hz and an AC impedance of from 1×103? to 1×108? under the measurement condition in which a temperature is 22° C., a humidity is 50% RH, an AC voltage is ±1 V, and a frequency is 100 Hz, and a photosensitive layer that is provided on the undercoat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nakamura, Jiro Korenaga, Mitsuhide Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8795934
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoat layer that is provided on the conductive substrate, a charge generation layer that is provided on the undercoat layer, a charge transport layer that is provided on the charge generation layer, and a protective layer that is provided on the charge transport layer and has volume resistivity of 2×1013 ?·m to 4×1013 ?·m, and the work functions and electron affinities of the undercoat layer and the charge generation layer satisfy the following Expression (1): 0.4 eV?(Efuc?Eauc)?(Efcg?Eacg)?0.6 eV (where Efuc represents the work function of the undercoat layer, Eauc represents the electron affinity of the undercoat layer, Efcg represents the work function of the charge generation layer, and Eacg represents the electron affinity of the charge generation layer).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Saito, Shinya Yamamoto, Jiro Korenaga
  • Publication number: 20140212799
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; an undercoat layer that is provided on the conductive layer and includes a binder resin, metal oxide particles, and an electron-accepting compound having an acidic group; and a photosensitive layer that is provided on the undercoat layer, wherein when the undercoat layer has a thickness of 20 ?m, a transmittance T1 of the undercoat layer to light having a wavelength of 1000 nm, a transmittance T2 of the undercoat layer to light having a wavelength of 650 nm, and a transmittance T3 of the undercoat layer to light having a maximum absorption peak wavelength of the electron-accepting compound in a wavelength range from 300 nm to 1000 nm satisfy the following expressions (1) and (2): 5?T1/T2?40??Expression (1): 0.25??log10(T3)??Expression (2):.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro KORENAGA, Hirofumi NAKAMURA, Mitsuhide NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 8785090
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; and a single-layer photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate and includes a binder resin, at least one kind of charge generation material selected from hydroxygallium phthalocyanine pigments and chlorogallium phthalocyanine pigments, a hole transport material represented by Formula (1), and an electron transport material represented by Formula (2):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuko Yamano, Shinya Yamamoto, Masahiro Iwasaki, Takayuki Yamashita, Yohei Saito, Jiro Korenaga
  • Patent number: 8765341
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate, and a surface layer that is provided on the photosensitive layer or is contained in the photosensitive layer, wherein the surface layer is formed of a cured film of a composition including a first reactive charge transport material having a hydroxyl group and a second reactive charge transport material having a methoxy group, and has an elastic deformation ratio R satisfying the following Expression (1): 0.40?R?0.51.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Korenaga, Daisuke Haruyama
  • Publication number: 20140127615
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate, an undercoat layer that is provided on the electroconductive substrate, contains a binder resin, metal oxide particles and an electron accepting compound having an acidic group and has an AC impedance of from 1×105? to 1×108? under the measurement condition in which a temperature is 22° C., a humidity is 50% RH, an AC voltage is ±1 V, and a frequency is 1 Hz and an AC impedance of from 1×103? to 1×108? under the measurement condition in which a temperature is 22° C., a humidity is 50% RH, an AC voltage is ±1 V, and a frequency is 100 Hz, and a photosensitive layer that is provided on the undercoat layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi NAKAMURA, Jiro KORENAGA, Mitsuhide NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 8652716
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor having a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer, such that the layer constituting the outermost surface of the photosensitive layer is formed by polymerizing a cross-linkable charge transporting material having a reactive hydroxyl group and a cross-linkable charge transporting material having a reactive alkoxy group, and the ionization potential of the outer surface of the layer constituting the outermost surface is higher by about 0.1 eV or more than the ionization potential of the inner surface of the layer constituting the outermost surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwasaki, Jiro Korenaga, Yuko Yamano, Yukimi Kawabata, Daisuke Haruyama
  • Publication number: 20130288170
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; a single-layer photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate and includes a binder resin, a charge generation material, a hole transport material, and an electron transport material, wherein a half decay exposure during positive charging is less than or equal to 0.18 ?J/cm2, and a half decay exposure during negative charging is 2 to 12 times the half decay exposure during positive charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei SAITO, Koji BANDO, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Masahiro IWASAKI, Takayuki YAMASHITA, Jiro KORENAGA, Yuko YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20130288169
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; and a single-layer photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate and includes a binder resin, at least one kind of charge generation material selected from hydroxygallium phthalocyanine pigments and chlorogallium phthalocyanine pigments, a hole transport material represented by Formula (1), and an electron transport material represented by Formula (2):
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko YAMANO, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Masahiro IWASAKI, Takayuki YAMASHITA, Yohei SAITO, Jiro KORENAGA
  • Publication number: 20130252148
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate, and a surface layer that is provided on the photosensitive layer or is contained in the photosensitive layer, wherein the surface layer is formed of a cured film of a composition including a first reactive charge transport material having a hydroxyl group and a second reactive charge transport material having a methoxy group, and has an elastic deformation ratio R satisfying the following Expression (1): 0.40?R?0.51.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro KORENAGA, Daisuke HARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20130252154
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoat layer that is provided on the conductive substrate, a charge generation layer that is provided on the undercoat layer, a charge transport layer that is provided on the charge generation layer, and a protective layer that is provided on the charge transport layer and has volume resistivity of 2×1013 ?·m to 4×1013 ?·m, and the work functions and electron affinities of the undercoat layer and the charge generation layer satisfy the following Expression (1): 0.4 eV?(Efuc?Eauc)?(Efcg?Eacg)?0.6 eV (where Efuc represents the work function of the undercoat layer, Eauc represents the electron affinity of the undercoat layer, Efcg represents the work function of the charge generation layer, and Eacg represents the electron affinity of the charge generation layer).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei SAITO, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Jiro KORENAGA
  • Publication number: 20130101929
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive substrate, wherein an uppermost surface layer thereof is constituted with a cured film of a composition that contains at least two kinds of reactive charge transporting materials selected from a first reactive charge transporting material having an —OH group as a reactive functional group and a second reactive charge transporting material having an —OCH3 group as a reactive functional group, fluororesin particles, and an alkyl fluoride group-containing copolymer having repeating units represented by the following Structural Formulae A and B, and a relative dielectric constant ?r of the uppermost surface layer satisfies the following Formula (1):
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro KORENAGA, Keiko MATSUKI, Masahiro IWASAKI, Mitsuhide NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20120251932
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor having a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer, such that the layer constituting the outermost surface of the photosensitive layer is formed by polymerizing a cross-linkable charge transporting material having a reactive hydroxyl group and a cross-linkable charge transporting material having a reactive alkoxy group, and the ionization potential of the outer surface of the layer constituting the outermost surface is higher by about 0.1 eV or more than the ionization potential of the inner surface of the layer constituting the outermost surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro IWASAKI, Jiro KORENAGA, Yuko YAMANO, Yukimi KAWABATA, Daisuke HARUYAMA