Patents by Inventor Katsumi Nukada

Katsumi Nukada 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: 8748070
    Abstract: Provided is a thiol group-containing charge transporting material represented by the following general formula (1): F-[(G)a1-(X)a2—Y—SH]b??(1) wherein F represents an organic group derived from a charge transporting compound, G represents a divalent organic group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, X represents a group selected from a —CO—O— group, an —O—CO— group, and an —O— group, Y represents a divalent organic group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a1 and a2 each independently represent 0 or 1, and b represents an integer of 1 or more and 6 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nukada, Kenya Sonobe, Wataru Yamada, Takatsugu Doi, Tsuyoshi Miyamoto, Yuko Iwadate
  • Patent number: 8679709
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer provided on a surface of the conductive substrate, an outermost layer of the photosensitive layer containing a crosslinked product composed of a guanamine compound and at least one charge transporting material having at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of —OH, —OCH3, —NH2, —SH, and —COOH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nukada, Wataru Yamada, Masahiro Iwasaki, Kazuhiro Koseki
  • Publication number: 20140079435
    Abstract: Provided is a reactive compound represented by the following General Formula (I): wherein in General Formula (I), F represents a charge transporting skeleton, D represents a group represented by the following General Formula (III), and m represents an integer of from 1 to 8: wherein in General Formula (III), L1 represents a divalent linking group including one or more —C(?O)—O— groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya SASAKI, Katsumi NUKADA, Wataru YAMADA, Takatsugu DOI, Yuko IWADATE, Kenji KAJIWARA
  • Patent number: 8673526
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a substrate and an outermost layer containing a cured film of a composition containing a compound having a chain polymerizable functional group and a charge transporting skeleton in the same molecule, and at least one chain transfer agent selected from a compound having 4 or more primary thiol groups and a compound having 2 or more secondary thiol groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenya Sonobe, Katsumi Nukada, Wataru Yamada, Takatsugu Doi, Tsuyoshi Miyamoto, Yuko Iwadate
  • Publication number: 20140072907
    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: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya SASAKI, Katsumi NUKADA, Wataru YAMADA, Hidekazu HIROSE, Yuko IWADATE, Kenji KAJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20140072341
    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: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya SASAKI, Katsumi NUKADA, Wataru YAMADA, Hidekazu HIROSE, Kenji KAJIWARA, Yuko IWADATE
  • Publication number: 20140072906
    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: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko IWADATE, Katsumi NUKADA, Wataru YAMADA, Hidekazu HIROSE, Tomoya SASAKI, Kenji KAJIWARA
  • Patent number: 8669029
    Abstract: Provided is a reactive compound represented by the following General Formula (I): wherein in General Formula (I), F represents a charge transporting skeleton, D represents a group represented by the following General Formula (III), and m represents an integer of from 1 to 8: wherein in General Formula (III), L1 represents a divalent linking group including one or more —C(?O)—O— groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Sasaki, Katsumi Nukada, Wataru Yamada, Takatsugu Doi, Yuko Iwadate, Kenji Kajiwara
  • Patent number: 8663883
    Abstract: A charge-transporting film includes a polymer of a compound represented by Formula (I): (Ra)n-Fa-Xa-Fa?-(Ra?)n???(I) wherein Fa and Fa? independently represent a charge-transporting sub-unit including an aromatic ring, Ra and Ra? independently represent a —CH?CH2 directly bonded to the aromatic ring of the charge-transporting sub-unit or a group represented by Formula (a), Xa represents an alkylene group or a bivalent group in which an alkylene group and a group selected from —O—, —S—, and ester are combined, n and n? independently represent an integer of 0 or more (wherein n and n? are not simultaneously 0), and L represents a linking group which is represented by *—(CH2)n?—O—CH2— and which is bonded to the aromatic ring of the charge-transporting sub-unit, wherein n? is 1 or 2 and the linking group is bonded to the aromatic, ring of the charge-transporting sub-unit with *.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Yamada, Katsumi Nukada, Takatsugu Doi, Yuko Iwadate, Tomoya Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8655220
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer provided on a surface of the conductive substrate, an outermost layer of the photosensitive layer containing a crosslinked product formed from at least one charge transporting material having at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of —OH, —OCH3, —NH2, —SH, and —COOH and at least one selected from a guanamine compound or a melamine compound, the content of the at least one charge transporting material being at least about 90% by weight, and the content of the at least one selected from the guanamine compound or the melamine compound being from about 0.1% by weight to about 5% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwasaki, Katsumi Nukada, Wataru Yamada, Kenta Ide, Hirofumi Nakamura, Mitsuhide Nakamura, Koji Bando, Kaori Iemula, Kazuya Hongo, Yasuhiro Nida
  • Patent number: 8609311
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including: a functional layer containing: a polymer of a first compound having a chain polymerizable functional group and a charge transporting skeleton in one molecule, and at least one second compound selected from a compound including at least one kind of the repeating unit represented by formula (AA) and having a weight average molecular weight of 10000 or less, a compound including at least one kind of the repeating unit represented by formula (BB) and having a weight average molecular weight of 10000 or less, a phthalic ester, a trimellitic ester, a fatty acid ester, a polyhydric alcohol ester, and a polyhydric alcohol ether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Yamada, Takatsugu Doi, Katsumi Nukada
  • Patent number: 8609310
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor has at least an electroconductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer formed on or above the electroconductive substrate, wherein an outermost layer of the photoreceptor is a cured membrane of a composition containing at least one compound (a) having in a single molecule thereof a charge transporting skeleton and a chain polymerizable functional group, and at least one thermopolymerizable or photopolymerizable silicone polymeric radical polymerization initiator (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takimoto, Akira Hirano, Takatsugu Doi, Wataru Yamada, Katsumi Nukada
  • Publication number: 20130260295
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for forming a charge transporting film, including a solvent having a dielectric constant of 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko IWADATE, Katsumi NUKADA, Wataru YAMADA, Hidekazu HIROSE, Tomoya SASAKI, Kenji KAJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20130230724
    Abstract: A polyimide precursor composition includes a polyimide precursor including a repeating unit represented by the following Formula (1), a solvent, and acidic carbon black having a pH of 5.0 or less, wherein R1 represents a tetravalent organic group, R2 represents a divalent organic group, each of R3 and R4 independently represents a monovalent organic group or hydrogen, and R3 and R4 are not hydrogen at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi MIYAMOTO, Katsumi NUKADA
  • Patent number: 8524433
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoconductor includes a conductive substrate and an outermost surface layer formed on the conductive substrate and containing a binder resin and a copolymer derived from a reactive monomer having charge transport property and a reactive monomer having no charge transport property, the copolymer having a side chain with 4 or more carbon atoms in a constitutional unit derived from the reactive monomer having no charge transport property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takatsugu Doi, Wataru Yamada, Yuko Iwadate, Katsumi Nukada
  • Patent number: 8518619
    Abstract: Provided is to provide a photoelectric conversion device including an organic compound layer which contains polymer (a) having partial structures represented by the following formulae (1) and (2) respectively. In the formula, R1, R2, R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, X and Y each independently represent a divalent organic group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a represents 0 or 1, and CT represents an organic group having a charge transportable skeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nukada, Wataru Yamada, Takatsugu Doi
  • Patent number: 8518617
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor including at least an electroconductive substrate and a photosensitive layer provided on or above the electroconductive substrate, wherein an outermost layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor is a layer composed of a cured film of a composition including at least one of compound having a chain-polymerizable functional group and a charge-transportable backbone in the molecule thereof, a polymerization initiator and a radical deactivator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Miyamoto, Wataru Yamada, Takatsugu Doi, Kenya Sonobe, Katsumi Nukada
  • Patent number: 8475982
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising: a conductive support; and a photosensitive layer, wherein the photosensitive layer comprises a functional layer that comprises at least one of a first compound represented by formula (I); and a second compound derived from the first compound: wherein F represents a hole-transporting, n-valent organic group; R independently represents an organic group having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms; T represents a divalent group; m indicates 0 or 1; and n indicates an integer of from 1 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwasaki, Katsumi Nukada, Wataru Yamada, Kenji Yao
  • Patent number: 8426093
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a photosensitive layer provided including a first functional layer including a compound represented by the following Formula (I). In Formula (I), F represents an n-valent organic group having hole transportation ability; R1, R2, and R3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a monovalent organic group; L represents a divalent organic group; n represents an integer of 1 to 4; and j represents an integer of 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Yamada, Katsumi Nukada, Masahiro Iwasaki, Kazuhiro Koseki
  • Publication number: 20130052573
    Abstract: Provided is a reactive compound represented by the following General Formula (I): wherein in General Formula (I), F represents a charge transporting skeleton, D represents a group represented by the following General Formula (III), and m represents an integer of from 1 to 8: wherein in General Formula (III), L1 represents a divalent linking group including one or more —C(?O)—O— groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya SASAKI, Katsumi NUKADA, Wataru YAMADA, Takatsugu DOI, Yuko IWADATE, Kenji KAJIWARA