Patents by Inventor Kenji Kajiwara

Kenji Kajiwara 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: 20240019799
    Abstract: A resin belt for an image forming apparatus includes a resin base layer containing a filler. The exposed area of the filler on an inner circumferential surface side of the resin base layer is 0.1% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomotake INAGAKI, Ryohei YOSHIKAWA, Kenji KAJIWARA, Yasuhiko KINUTA, Hitoshi KOMURO
  • Patent number: 11774885
    Abstract: A polymer material molded product includes a polymer material and a porous carbon material having an X-ray diffraction spectral characteristic shown in the following (1) or (2), (1): a peak derived from a (002) plane of carbon is observed, a half width of the peak derived from the (002) plane of carbon is 5° or more, and a half width of a peak derived from a (10) plane of carbon is 3.2° or less, and (2): the peak derived from the (002) plane of carbon is not observed, and the half width of the peak derived from the (10) plane of carbon is 3.2° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji Kajiwara, Tomotake Inagaki, Ryohei Yoshikawa, Kenji Omori, Ryosuke Kubota, Jun Kimura, Hideaki Ohara
  • Patent number: 11644776
    Abstract: An endless belt includes a resin and an acicular filler of which a thermal conductivity is 220 W/mK or more and 320 W/mK or less, a volume resistivity is 1011 ?cm or more and 1016 ?cm or less, and a content with respect to the endless belt is 1% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hideaki Ohara, Tomotake Inagaki, Ryohei Yoshikawa, Kenji Omori, Kenji Kajiwara, Junko Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20230119004
    Abstract: A polymer material molded product includes a polymer material and a porous carbon material having an X-ray diffraction spectral characteristic shown in the following (1) or (2), (1): a peak derived from a (002) plane of carbon is observed, a half width of the peak derived from the (002) plane of carbon is 5° or more, and a half width of a peak derived from a (10) plane of carbon is 3.2° or less, and (2): the peak derived from the (002) plane of carbon is not observed, and the half width of the peak derived from the (10) plane of carbon is 3.2° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji KAJIWARA, Tomotake INAGAKI, Ryohei YOSHIKAWA, Kenji OMORI, Ryosuke KUBOTA, Jun KIMURA, Hideaki OHARA
  • Publication number: 20230121642
    Abstract: An endless belt includes a resin and an acicular filler of which a thermal conductivity is 220 W/mK or more and 320 W/mK or less, a volume resistivity is 1011 ?cm or more and 1016 ?cm or less, and a content with respect to the endless belt is 1% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hideaki OHARA, Tomotake INAGAKI, Ryohei YOSHIKAWA, Kenji OMORI, Kenji KAJIWARA, Junko YAMASAKI
  • Patent number: 11339289
    Abstract: A polyimide precursor solution contains a polyimide precursor, wherein in the case where the polyimide precursor is analyzed by gel permeation chromatography, the elution curve of the polyimide precursor has a region A including a higher-molecular-weight peak and a region B including a lower-molecular-weight peak; a weight average molecular weight determined from the region A in terms of polystyrene is approximately 10,000 or more, and a weight average molecular weight determined from the region B in terms of polystyrene is approximately less than 10,000; and when the area of the region A is a and the area of the region B is b, the polyimide precursor satisfies Equation (1) a/(a+b)=approximately from 0.70 to 0.98.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji Kajiwara, Wataru Yamada
  • Patent number: 11215935
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoating layer that is disposed on the conductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer that is disposed on the undercoating layer, in which the undercoating layer contains at least one perinone compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by Formulas (1) and (2), and at least one acceptor compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formula (3) to (15) which are shown in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwasaki, Wataru Yamada, Kenji Kajiwara, Kota Maki
  • Patent number: 11169455
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoating layer, and a photosensitive layer. The undercoating layer that is provided on the conductive substrate and includes a binder resin and a charge transporting material. The binder resin includes a resin obtained by polymerizing a diallyl phthalate compound. The photosensitive layer that is provided on the undercoating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwasaki, Wataru Yamada, Kenji Kajiwara, Kota Maki
  • Patent number: 11150567
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; an undercoat layer that is disposed on the conductive substrate and contains metal titanate compound particles, an electron transporting compound, and a binder resin; and a photosensitive layer on the undercoat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kota Maki, Masahiro Iwasaki, Kenji Kajiwara
  • Patent number: 10890854
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive substrate; and an undercoating layer that is provided between the conductive substrate and the photosensitive layer and includes a charge transport material containing at least one of imide compounds represented by Formula (1) or (2): (in Formulas (1) and (2), R10, R11, R20 or R21 independently represents a group represented by Formula (3) or (4) where X represents a monovalent organic group having at least one of an alkyl group, an alkylene group, an ether group, an ester group, and a keto group, a halogen atom, a nitro group, an aralkyl group, or an aryl group, Y represents a sulfur atom or an oxygen atom, n represents an integer of 0 to 2, and when n represents 2, two X's may be the same or different), and an imide compound is represented by Formula (1A) where Ar represents an aromatic group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms except for a tetravalent perylene group, X1 and X2 each independ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO.. LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwasaki, Ryosuke Fujii, Kenji Kajiwara, Wataru Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200341392
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoating layer, and a photosensitive layer. The undercoating layer that is provided on the conductive substrate and includes a binder resin and a charge transporting material. The binder resin includes a resin obtained by polymerizing a diallyl phthalate compound. The photosensitive layer that is provided on the undercoating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro IWASAKI, Wataru YAMADA, Kenji KAJIWARA, Kota MAKI
  • Publication number: 20200341393
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoating layer that is disposed on the conductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer that is disposed on the undercoating layer, in which the undercoating layer contains at least one perinone compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by Formulas (1) and (2), and at least one acceptor compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formula (3) to (15) which are shown in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro IWASAKI, Wataru YAMADA, Kenji KAJIWARA, Kota MAKI
  • Publication number: 20200301295
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; an undercoat layer that is disposed on the conductive substrate and contains metal titanate compound particles, an electron transporting compound, and a binder resin; and a photosensitive layer on the undercoat layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO.LTD.
    Inventors: Kota MAKI, Masahiro IWASAKI, Kenji KAJIWARA
  • Patent number: 10754266
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoating layer that is disposed on the conductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer that is disposed on the undercoating layer, in which the undercoating layer contains at least one perinone compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by Formula (1) and a compound represented by Formula (2) which are shown below, and polyurethane, contains at least one perinone compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by Formulas (1) and (2), and at least one acceptor compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formula (3) to (15) which are shown in the specification, or contains a resin obtained by polymerizing a diallyl phthalate compound and a charge transporting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwasaki, Wataru Yamada, Kenji Kajiwara, Kota Maki
  • Patent number: 10712679
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; an undercoat layer on the conductive substrate, the undercoat layer containing at least one perinone compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by general formula (1) and a compound represented by general formula (2) below, metal oxide particles of at least one type selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide particles, iron oxide particles, copper oxide particles, magnesium oxide particles, calcium oxide particles, and silicon dioxide particles, and a binder resin, the undercoat layer having a thickness of 1 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less; and a photosensitive layer on the undercoat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kajiwara, Wataru Yamada, Masahiro Iwasaki, Kota Maki
  • Patent number: 10696808
    Abstract: A porous film includes at least one porous polyimide film that includes a polyimide resin, an organic amine compound and a resin other than a polyimide resin, and that does not include a polar aprotic solvent, wherein a content of the organic amine compound is 0.001% by weight or higher with respect to a total weight of the porous polyimide film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nukada, Tomoya Sasaki, Kana Miyazaki, Kenji Kajiwara, Masashige Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10654983
    Abstract: A porous film includes at least one porous polyimide film that includes a polyimide resin, an organic amine compound and a resin other than a polyimide resin, and that does not include a polar aprotic solvent, wherein a content of the organic amine compound is 0.001% by weight or higher with respect to a total weight of the porous polyimide film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nukada, Tomoya Sasaki, Kana Miyazaki, Kenji Kajiwara, Masashige Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10642173
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoat layer on the conductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer on the undercoat layer. The undercoat layer contains at least one perinone compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by general formula (1) below and a compound represented by general formula (2) below, an amine compound (A) having an ionization potential of 5.4 eV or more and 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwasaki, Kota Maki, Kenji Kajiwara, Wataru Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200096884
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoating layer that is disposed on the conductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer that is disposed on the undercoating layer, in which the undercoating layer contains at least one perinone compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by Formula (1) and a compound represented by Formula (2) which are shown below, and polyurethane, contains at least one perinone compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by Formulas (1) and (2), and at least one acceptor compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formula (3) to (15) which are shown in the specification, or contains a resin obtained by polymerizing a diallyl phthalate compound and a charge transporting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro IWASAKI, Wataru YAMADA, Kenji KAJIWARA, Kota MAKI
  • Publication number: 20200033744
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive substrate; and an undercoating layer that is provided between the conductive substrate and the photosensitive layer and includes a charge transport material containing at least one of imide compounds represented by Formula (1) or (2): (in Formulas (1) and (2), R10, R11, R20 or R21 independently represents a group represented by Formula (3) or (4) where X represents a monovalent organic group having at least one of an alkyl group, an alkylene group, an ether group, an ester group, and a keto group, a halogen atom, a nitro group, an aralkyl group, or an aryl group, Y represents a sulfur atom or an oxygen atom, n represents an integer of 0 to 2, and when n represents 2, two X's may be the same or different), and an imide compound is represented by Formula (1A) where Ar represents an aromatic group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms except for a tetravalent perylene group, X1 and X2 each independ
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro IWASAKI, Ryosuke Fujii, Kenji Kajiwara, Wataru Yamada