Patents by Inventor Kosuke NARITA
Kosuke NARITA 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).
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Publication number: 20240419091Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer has an average thickness of 30 ?m or greater, the charge transport layer contains a polyarylate resin, and an absorption spectrum measured by peeling off the photosensitive layer and dissolving the photosensitive layer in tetrahydrofuran satisfies Expression (1) and Expression (2), Iu ? 0.95 × I ? m Expression ? ( 1 ) 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yuto OKAZAKI, Tomoya SASAKI, Ryosuke FUJII, Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Kosuke NARITA
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Publication number: 20240411237Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoat layer disposed on the conductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer disposed on the undercoat layer, in which the undercoat layer contains a binder resin and at least one perinone compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by Formula (1) and a compound represented by Formula (2), the photosensitive layer contains a polyester resin (1) having at least one dicarboxylic acid unit (A) selected from the group consisting of a dicarboxylic acid unit (A2) represented by Formula (A2), a dicarboxylic acid unit (A3) represented by Formula (A3), and a dicarboxylic acid unit (A4) represented by Formula (A4), and a diol unit (B) represented by Formula (B), and a mass proportion of the polyester resin (1) in the photosensitive layer is 15% by mass or greater, in Formula (1), R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17, and R18 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aralkyl gType: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Tomoya Sasaki, Ryosuke FUJII, Hiroko Kobayashi, Yuto Okazaki, Masahiro Iwasaki, Yuki Oyamada, Kosuke Narita
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Publication number: 20240411236Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a polyester resin having a constitutional unit containing biphenyl represented by Formula (1), and an amount of an aromatic carboxylic acid halide in the charge transport layer is 15×10?8 mol/g or less per unit mass of the charge transport layer, in Formula (1), j represents an integer of 0 or greater and 4 or less, j pieces of R11's each independently represent a methyl group or an ethyl group, k represents an integer of 0 or greater and 4 or less, and k pieces of R12's each independently represent a methyl group or an ethyl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Ryosuke FUJII, Tomoya SASAKI, Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Yuto OKAZAKI, Kosuke NARITA
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Patent number: 12117741Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive base body and a multilayered photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive base body and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, wherein the charge transport layer is an uppermost surface layer and contains a charge transport material, a polyester resin, and a compound (T) represented by Formula (T) below, the polyester resin includes a polyester resin (1) including at least one selected from the group consisting of a diol unit (P1) represented by Formula (P1), a diol unit (P2) represented by Formula (P2), a diol unit (P3) represented by Formula (P3), a diol unit (P5) represented by Formula (P5), and a diol unit (P6) represented by Formula (P6), the polyester resin (1) further includes a unit including a biphenyl skeleton, and end groups of the polyester resin (1) do not include fluorine atoms.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2023Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Hiroko Kobayashi, Tomoya Sasaki, Ryosuke Fujii, Yuto Okazaki, Kosuke Narita
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Publication number: 20240329558Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive base body and a multilayered photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive base body and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, wherein the charge transport layer is an uppermost surface layer and contains a charge transport material, a polyester resin, and a compound (T) represented by Formula (T) below, the polyester resin includes a polyester resin (1) including at least one selected from the group consisting of a diol unit (P1) represented by Formula (P1), a diol unit (P2) represented by Formula (P2), a diol unit (P3) represented by Formula (P3), a diol unit (P5) represented by Formula (P5), and a diol unit (P6) represented by Formula (P6), the polyester resin (1) further includes a unit including a biphenyl skeleton, and end groups of the polyester resin (1) do not include fluorine atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2023Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventors: Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Tomoya SASAKI, Ryosuke FUJII, Yuto OKAZAKI, Kosuke NARITA
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Publication number: 20240288788Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a polyester resin (1) having a dicarboxylic acid unit (A) represented by Formula (A) and a diol unit (B) represented by Formula (B), and an amount of a diol represented by Formula (1) in the charge transport layer is 10 ppm or less, in Formula (A), n1 represents 1, 2, or 3, n1 pieces of m1's each independently represent 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, m1 pieces of Ra1's each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 or more and 12 or less carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 or more and 6 or less carbon atoms, in Formula (B), Rb1 and Rb2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 or more and 12 or lessType: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yuto OKAZAKI, Kosuke NARITA, Tomoya SASAKI, Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Ryosuke FUJII
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Publication number: 20240248419Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor contains a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a charge transport material, at least one of a polyester resin or a polycarbonate resin that has a constitutional unit containing biphenyl represented by Formula (1), and an aromatic dicarboxylic acid represented by Formula (2), in Formula (1), j represents an integer of 0 or greater and 4 or less, j pieces of R11's each independently represent a methyl group or an ethyl group, k represents an integer of 0 or greater and 4 or less, and k pieces of R12's each independently represent a methyl group or an ethyl group, in Formula (2), p represents an integer of 0 or greater and 4 or less, p pieces of R21's each independently represent a methyl group or an ethyl group, q represents an integer of 0 or greater and 4 or less, q pieces of R22's each inType: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation CorpInventors: Ryosuke FUJII, Tomoya Sasaki, Hiroko Kobayashi, Yuto Okazaki, Kosuke Narita
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Patent number: 12019393Abstract: An electrophotographic photoconductor includes a conductive substrate, and a photoconductive layer, in which an outermost surface layer contains a binder resin, a charge transporting material, fluorine-containing resin particles, and an acidic compound, the number of carboxyl groups in the fluorine-containing resin particles is 0 or more and 30 or less per 106 carbon atoms of the fluorine-containing resin particles, and in a case where charging and exposure of the electrophotographic photoconductor are repeated 10,000 times under conditions of a charging potential of ?700 V and an exposure intensity of 5 mJ/m2, an absolute value |RP1?RP10000| of a difference between a residual potential RP1 after charging and exposure once and a residual potential RP10000 after charging and exposure 10,000 times is 25 V or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Jiro Korenaga, Shuhei Yamazaki, Satoshi Mizoguchi, Yoichi Kigoshi, Michinori Fukuma, Kosuke Narita, Masahiro Iwasaki, Keisuke Kusano
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Publication number: 20240077809Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a charge transport material, at least one of a polyester resin (PEz) or a polycarbonate resin (PCz) that has at least one of a structure (Z1) represented by Formula (Z1) or a structure (Z2) represented by Formula (Z2) at at least one terminal, and a resin (X) that has at least one of a unit (X1) represented by Formula (X1) or a unit (X2) represented by Formula (X2), a mass proportion of the resin (X) in a total amount of the polyester resin (PEz), the polycarbonate resin (PCz), and the resin (X) in the charge transport layer is 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Tomoya SASAKI, Ryosuke FUJII, Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Yuto OKAZAKI, Kosuke NARITA
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Publication number: 20240053689Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer or a single layer type photosensitive layer that is a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate, in which the charge transport layer or the single layer type photosensitive layer is an outermost layer and contains a charge transport material and a binder resin containing a polyester resin having an aromatic ring, the charge transport layer or the single layer type photosensitive layer has an average thickness of 28 ?m or greater and 50 ?m or less, and a weight reduction ratio of the charge transport layer or the single layer type photosensitive layer from 30° C. to 175° C. in thermogravimetric analysis is 0.1% by mass or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yuto OKAZAKI, kosuke NARITA, Tomoya SASAKI, Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Ryosuke FUJII
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Publication number: 20240036488Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a charge transport material, a polyester resin, and a polycarbonate resin, and the polyester resin includes the following polyester resin (1), polyester resin (1): a polyester resin having at least one selected from the group including a diol unit (B3) represented by Formula (B3), a diol unit (B5) represented by Formula (B5), a diol unit (B6) represented by Formula (B6), a diol unit (B7) represented by Formula (B7), a diol unit (B8) represented by Formula (B8), a diol unit (B9) represented by Formula (B9), a diol unit (B10) represented by Formula (B10), and a diol unit (B11) represented by Formula (B11), in Formula (B3), Rb113 and Rb213 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a linear alkyl group having 1 or more and 3 or lessType: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Hiroko Kobayashi, Tomoya Sasaki, Yuto Okazaki, Ryosuke Fujii, Kosuke Narita
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Publication number: 20240036487Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer or a single layer type photosensitive layer that is a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate, in which the charge transport layer or the single layer type photosensitive layer is an outermost layer and contains a charge transport material, a polyester resin having a dicarboxylic acid unit (A) represented by Formula (A), and a compound that has a molecular weight of 255 or greater, has a phenol skeleton in which a primary carbon atom or a secondary carbon atom is bonded to one ortho position and a tertiary carbon atom or a quaternary carbon atom is bonded to the other ortho position, and has no linear alkylene structure having 4 or more carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Ryosuke FUJII, Tomoya SASAKI, Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Yuto OKAZAKI, Kosuke NARITA
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Publication number: 20230288847Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer in this order, in which the charge transport layer contains at least one resin selected from a polyester resin or a polycarbonate resin, and in a case where a Martens hardness and an indentation hardness, which are acquired by an indentation test performed on the charge transport layer to a depth of 0.5 ?m, are respectively defined as HM (N/mm2) and nIT (N/mm2), Relational Equation (0) is satisfied, an elastic deformation modulus is 45% or greater and 70% or less, and a tensile elastic modulus of the charge transport layer is 2,300 MPa or greater and 5,000 MPa or less, nIT=a×HM?b(a=2±0.2,b=100±20).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Hiroko Kobayashi, Tomoya Sasaki, Kohei Hashimoto, Ryosuke Fujii, Yuto Okazaki, Kosuke Narita
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Publication number: 20230288824Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a polyester resin having a structure represented by Formula (1) at a terminal and a charge transport material, and in a case where a weight-average molecular weight Mw of the polyester resin is defined as A (×10,000), a value of a ratio M1/M2 of a mass M1 of the charge transport material to a mass M2 of an entire charge transport layer is defined as Cs, and an average thickness of the charge transport layer is defined as Ds (?m), expressions of 7?A?40, 0.28?Cs?0.55, 27?Ds?50, and 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yuto OKAZAKI, Tomoya SASAKI, Ryosuke FUJII, Kohei HASHIMOTO, Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Kosuke NARITA
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Publication number: 20230280668Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoat layer disposed on the conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the undercoat layer and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a charge transport material and a polyester resin, and in a case where an average thickness of the charge transport layer is defined as As (?m) and an average thickness of the undercoat layer is defined as Bs (?m), expressions 27?As?50, 10?Bs?40, and 0.70?As/Bs?4.80 are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Tomoya SASAKI, Kohei Hashimoto, Ryosuke Fujii, Hiroko Kobayashi, Yuto Okazaki, Kosuke Narita
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Publication number: 20230266684Abstract: An image forming unit includes a photoreceptor and a charging member that comes into contact with a surface of the photoreceptor and charges the photoreceptor, in which the photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, the charge transport layer contains at least one of a polyester resin that has a constitutional unit having an aromatic ring or a polycarbonate resin that has a constitutional unit having an aromatic ring, the charging member includes a support member and an elastic layer disposed on the support member, and the elastic layer has a storage elastic modulus G? of 5.0 MPa or less at a frequency of 100 Hz in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement under a temperature condition of 24° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kosuke NARITA, Tomoya Sasaki, Ryosuke Fujii, Kohei Hashimoto, Hiroko Kobayashi, Yuto Okazaki
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Publication number: 20230266683Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a charge transport material, at least one of a polyester resin that has a constitutional unit having an aromatic ring or a polycarbonate resin that has a constitutional unit having an aromatic ring, and a compound (1) represented by Formula (1) and having a melting point of 40° C. or higher, in Formula (1), Ar represents an aromatic ring that may have a substituent, L represents a single bond, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom, R represents an alkyl group having 1 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group having 7 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 or greater.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Ryosuke Fujii, Tomoya Sasaki, Hiroko Kobayashi, Kohei Hashimoto, Yuto OKazaki, Kosuke Narita
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Patent number: 11701014Abstract: A gas control device includes a pump, a valve, a cuff, and a controller. The valve includes a first plate having a first vent hole and a first vent hole, a channel forming plate having an exhaust hole and an exhaust channel, a second plate having a second vent hole, and an edge separation plate. A manchette rubber tube in the cuff is joined to the periphery of the second vent hole in the second plate by an adhesive, and thus the valve is connected to the cuff. The exhaust hole is opened to the atmosphere. The pump includes a pump housing having a discharge hole and a discharge hole. The upper surface of the pump housing is joined to the bottom surface of the edge separation plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenichiro Kawamura, Yukiharu Kodama, Kosuke Narita, Hiroki Achiwa, Hiroshi Takemura
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Publication number: 20230195003Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a charge transport material and a polyester resin, and a mass proportion of a chemical substance (AA) represented by Formula (AA) in a total mass of the charge transport layer is 2,000 ppm or less. In Formula (AA), X represents an organic group, and mAA represents an integer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Tomoya SASAKI, Ryosuke FUJII, Kohei HASHIMOTO, Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Yuto OKAZAKI, Kosuke NARITA
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Publication number: 20230107087Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a polyester resin (1) having a dicarboxylic acid unit (A) represented by Formula (A) and a diol unit (B) represented by Formula (B), and a charge transport material, and in a case where a weight-average molecular weight Mw of the polyester resin (1) contained in the charge transport layer is defined as A (10,000), a value of a ratio M1/M2 of a mass M1 of the charge transport material contained in the charge transport layer to a mass M2 of the charge transport layer is defined as Cs, and an average thickness of the charge transport layer is defined as Ds (?m), expressions of 5?A?40, 0.28?Cs?0.55, 27?Ds?50, and 2.5?(A×Ds)/(Cs×100)?70.0 are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Tomoya SASAKI, Ryosuke FUJII, Kohei HASHIMOTO, Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Yuto OKAZAKI, Kosuke NARITA