Patents by Inventor Jumpei Kuno

Jumpei Kuno 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: 10152002
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support member, an electroconductive layer, and photosensitive layer in this order. The electroconductive layer contains a binder and particles. The particles have a core containing titanium oxide, and a coating layer coating the core and containing titanium oxide doped with niobium or tantalum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Anezaki, Kenichi Kaku, Taichi Sato, Jumpei Kuno, Atsushi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20180348665
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member capable of achieving both high leak resistance and reduction in variations in dark part potential and bright part potential due to repeated use even when CB is used for an electrically conductive layer. An electrophotographic photosensitive member including: a support, an electrically conductive layer, and a photosensitive layer, sequentially, wherein the electrically conductive layer contains a binder resin and carbon black, a number average primary particle diameter of the carbon black is 200 nm or more and 500 nm or less, an average inter-particle distance of the carbon black is 200 nm or more and 600 nm or less, a coefficient of variation of an inter-particle distance is 1.2 or less, and SF-1 of the carbon black is 150 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Taichi Sato, Jumpei Kuno, Kenichi Kaku, Takashi Anezaki, Atsushi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20180314170
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes, in this order, a support, a charge generating layer having a thickness of more than 200 nm and containing a hydroxygallium phthalocyanine pigment or a chlorogallium phthalocyanine pigment as a charge generating material, and a charge transport layer containing a charge transporting material. The charge generating material satisfies a requirement for a specific parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuko Araki, Kaname Watariguchi, Masataka Kawahara, Jumpei Kuno
  • Publication number: 20180314171
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support member, a charge generating layer containing a phthalocyanine pigment as a charge generating material, a charge transport layer containing a charge transporting material in this order. The charge generating layer has a thickness of less than 200 nm, and the phthalocyanine pigment includes phthalocyanine crystalline particles having a particle size distribution and satisfies a requirement that the volume average of the products of ?i and ?i is 0.31 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Kaname Watariguchi, Shoma Hinata, Kazuko Araki, Tsutomu Nishida, Jumpei Kuno, Masataka Kawahara, Yuto Ito, Isao Kawata
  • Publication number: 20180246425
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member which can simultaneously achieve less occurrence of leakage and the definition of an output image even when being an electrophotographic photosensitive member where a layer containing a metal oxide particle is adopted as an electroconductive layer, and which includes a support, an electroconductive layer and a photosensitive layer in this order, wherein the electroconductive layer contains a binder material and a particle represented by general formula (1): TiO2.00?XNY ??(1) wherein Ti represents a titanium atom, O represents an oxygen atom, N represents a nitrogen atom and 0.00<Y<X?0.60 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Jumpei Kuno, Takashi Anezaki, Taichi Sato, Kenichi Kaku, Atsushi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20180246427
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support member, an electroconductive layer, and a photosensitive layer in this order. The electroconductive layer contains a binder and particles. Each of the particles include a core made of a substance represented by general formula (1), and a coating layer coating the core and containing an electrically conductive material: M1M2O3??(1) wherein M1 represents an element selected from the group consisting of Sr, Li, Na, K, and Ba, and M2 represents an element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Nb, Ta, and Zr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Kenichi Kaku, Takashi Anezaki, Taichi Sato, Jumpei Kuno, Atsushi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20180246441
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support member, an electroconductive layer, and photosensitive layer in this order. The electroconductive layer contains a binder and particles. The particles have a core containing titanium oxide, and a coating layer coating the core and containing titanium oxide doped with niobium or tantalum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Takashi Anezaki, Kenichi Kaku, Taichi Sato, Jumpei Kuno, Atsushi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20180246426
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrophotographic photosensitive member in which leakage hardly occurs even in the case of using a layer containing metal oxide particles as an electrically conductive layer in the electrophotographic photosensitive member, and which is compatible with definition in output images, the electrophotographic photosensitive member sequentially including: a support, an electrically conductive layer, and a photosensitive layer, the electrically conductive layer containing a binder material and particles represented by General Formula (1). Nb2.00O5.00-XNY ??(1) (In Formula (1), Nb is a niobium atom, O is an oxygen atom, N is a nitrogen atom, and 0.00<Y<X?4.00.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Jumpei Kuno, Kenichi Kaku, Taichi Sato, Takashi Anezaki, Atsushi Fujii
  • Patent number: 10012915
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support and a photosensitive layer in this order. The photosensitive layer contains a chlorogallium phthalocyanine crystal obtained by mixing a hydroxygallium phthalocyanine crystal and an aqueous hydrochloric acid solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nishida, Masato Tanaka, Masataka Kawahara, Jumpei Kuno, Kaname Watariguchi, Hidetoshi Hirano
  • Patent number: 9921499
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a substrate and a photosensitive layer containing a phthalocyanine pigment. The crystalline particles of the phthalocyanine pigment have a crystallite correlation length r and a particle size R of 400 nm or less, and a parameter k defined by r/R is in the range of 0.17 to 0.42.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kaname Watariguchi, Shoma Hinata, Kazuko Sakuma, Tsutomu Nishida, Jumpei Kuno, Hirofumi Kumoi, Masato Tanaka, Masataka Kawahara, Yuto Ito, Isao Kawata
  • Patent number: 9869032
    Abstract: The present invention provides: an electrophotographic photosensitive member which reduces image defects due to ghosting not only under a normal temperature and normal humidity environment but also even under a low temperature and low humidity environment; and a novel phthalocyanine crystal. The electrophotographic photosensitive member of the present invention comprises a photosensitive layer which comprises a phthalocyanine crystal in which a N,N-dimethylformamide is contained. The content of the N,N-dimethylformamide is 0.1% by mass or more and 1.5% by mass or less based on the phthalocyanine crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masataka Kawahara, Masato Tanaka, Jumpei Kuno, Tsutomu Nishida, Kaname Watariguchi
  • Publication number: 20170299970
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support and a photosensitive layer in this order. The photosensitive layer contains a chlorogallium phthalocyanine crystal obtained by mixing a hydroxygallium phthalocyanine crystal and an aqueous hydrochloric acid solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nishida, Masato Tanaka, Masataka Kawahara, Jumpei Kuno, Kaname Watariguchi, Hidetoshi Hirano
  • Patent number: 9709907
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member can provide images in which black spots and fogging are suppressed and density unevenness due to coating unevenness of the charge generation layer is suppressed. The charge generation layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a gallium phthalocyanine crystal, a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound, and an amide compound represented by a formula (1), and a nitrogen atom in a heterocyclic ring of the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound has a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kaname Watariguchi, Masato Tanaka, Masataka Kawahara, Jumpei Kuno, Tsutomu Nishida
  • Patent number: 9645516
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member including a support, and a charge generating layer and a charge transporting layer on the support, wherein the charge generating layer includes a gallium phthalocyanine crystal in which an organic compound is contained, wherein the organic compound is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of dimethylsulfoxide, N,N-dimethylformamide, N-methylformamide, N-propylformamide, N-vinylformamide and N-methylpyrrolidone, the content of the organic compound is 0.1% by mass or more and 1.5% or less based on a gallium phthalocyanine in the gallium phthalocyanine crystal, and the charge transporting layer includes a polyester resin having a structural unit represented by formula (1). A-B??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masataka Kawahara, Masato Tanaka, Jumpei Kuno, Tsutomu Nishida, Kaname Watariguchi
  • Publication number: 20170123330
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a substrate and a photosensitive layer containing a phthalocyanine pigment. The crystalline particles of the phthalocyanine pigment have a crystallite correlation length r and a particle size R of 400 nm or less, and a parameter k defined by r/R is in the range of 0.17 to 0.42.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Kaname Watariguchi, Shoma Hinata, Kazuko Sakuma, Tsutomu Nishida, Jumpei Kuno, Hirofumi Kumoi, Masato Tanaka, Masataka Kawahara, Yuto Ito, Isao Kawata
  • Publication number: 20170073835
    Abstract: The present invention provides: an electrophotographic photosensitive member which reduces image defects due to ghosting not only under a normal temperature and normal humidity environment but also even under a low temperature and low humidity environment; and a novel phthalocyanine crystal. The electrophotographic photosensitive member of the present invention comprises a photosensitive layer which comprises a phthalocyanine crystal in which a N,N-dimethylformamide is contained. The content of the N,N-dimethylformamide is 0.1% by mass or more and 1.5% by mass or less based on the phthalocyanine crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Masataka Kawahara, Masato Tanaka, Jumpei Kuno, Tsutomu Nishida, Kaname Watariguchi
  • Patent number: 9563139
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member wherein a charge generating layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a gallium phthalocyanine crystal in which an organic compound is contained, wherein the organic compound is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of dimethylsulfoxide, N,N-dimethylformamide, N-methylformamide, N-propylformamide, N-vinylformamide and N-methylpyrrolidone, the content of the organic compound is 0.1% by mass or more and 2.0% by mass or less based on a gallium phthalocyanine in the gallium phthalocyanine crystal, and a charge transporting layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a polycarbonate resin having structural units represented by formulae (1) and (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masataka Kawahara, Masato Tanaka, Jumpei Kuno, Tsutomu Nishida, Kaname Watariguchi
  • Publication number: 20160252834
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoconductor comprises a support, an undercoat layer, a charge generation layer, and a hole transport layer in this order. The undercoat layer comprises an electron transport substance, and the charge generation layer comprises a gallium phthalocyanine crystal and an amide compound represented by formula (N1): where R1 represents a methyl group, a propyl group, or a vinyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Kaname Watariguchi, Masato Tanaka, Masataka Kawahara, Jumpei Kuno
  • Publication number: 20160139516
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member including a support, and a charge generating layer and a charge transporting layer on the support, wherein the charge generating layer includes a gallium phthalocyanine crystal in which an organic compound is contained, wherein the organic compound is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of dimethylsulfoxide, N,N-dimethylformamide, N-methylformamide, N-propylformamide, N-vinylformamide and N-methylpyrrolidone, the content of the organic compound is 0.1% by mass or more and 1.5% or less based on a gallium phthalocyanine in the gallium phthalocyanine crystal, and the charge transporting layer includes a polyester resin having a structural unit represented by formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Masataka Kawahara, Masato Tanaka, Jumpei Kuno, Tsutomu Nishida, Kaname Watariguchi
  • Publication number: 20160124325
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support and a photosensitive layer in this order. The photosensitive layer contains a chlorogallium phthalocyanine crystal obtained by mixing a hydroxygallium phthalocyanine crystal and an aqueous hydrochloric acid solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nishida, Masato Tanaka, Masataka Kawahara, Jumpei Kuno, Kaname Watariguchi, Hidetoshi Hirano