Patents by Inventor John A. Bergfield

John A. Bergfield 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).

  • Anticurl backing layer in electrostatographic imaging members
    Patent number: 6132923
    Abstract: A flexible electrostatographic imaging member having at least a first parallel side and a second parallel side, the imaging member includinga supporting substrate layer,at least one imaging layer on one side of the substrate layer,and an anticurl backing layer on the opposite side of the substrate layer, the anticurl backing layer includinga major central region having a substantially uniform thickness,a first minor edge region along the first parallel side, anda second minor edge region along the second parallel side, the first minor edge region and the second edge region each having a thickness greater than the thickness of the major central region.A process for fabricating the imaging member is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Maty, John A. Bergfield, Joseph S. Cappiello, Vincent J. Cilento, Karen S. Garland, Anita P. Lynch, Neil S. Patterson, June E. Schneider, Joellen Simone, Kent J. Evans