Patents by Inventor Kunihiko Sekido

Kunihiko Sekido 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: 9500967
    Abstract: An undercoat layer of an electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a product having electron transportability and a particle including titanium oxide, and a surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a product of a composition including a hole transporting substance having a polymerizable functional group and a photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Murakami, Hiroyuki Tomono, Kunihiko Sekido, Atsushi Okuda
  • Patent number: 9494880
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photosensitive member including an undercoat layer containing metal oxide particles, a binder resin, and an organic acid metal salt having at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of bismuth, zinc, cobalt, iron, nickel, and copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazunori Noguchi, Daisuke Tanaka, Kazumichi Sugiyama, Yota Ito, Michiyo Sekiya, Kunihiko Sekido, Atsushi Okuda, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Yuka Ishiduka
  • Patent number: 9477163
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member including an undercoat layer that contains a polymerized product of a composition containing a compound represented by the formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Nishi, Kunihiko Sekido, Kei Tagami
  • Publication number: 20160291489
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member including a support, an undercoat layer, and a photosensitive layer in this order, in which: the undercoat layer does not contain a metal oxide, or contains the metal oxide but the content of the metal oxide in the undercoat layer is 10 mass % or less; and the undercoat layer contains a polymerized product of a composition containing at least one kind of anthraquinone derivative selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the formula (1) and a compound represented by the formula (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sekido, Michiyo Sekiya, Kei Tagami, Masashi Nishi
  • Patent number: 9442401
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member including: a support; an undercoat layer formed on the support; and a photosensitive layer formed on the undercoat layer. The undercoat layer contains a polymerized product of a composition containing a compound represented by formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sekido, Masashi Nishi, Kei Tagami
  • Patent number: 9383663
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support, an undercoat layer formed on the support, and a photosensitive layer formed on the undercoat layer. The undercoat layer is an electron transporting layer and contains a metal salt of organic acid having at least one metal element selected from Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yota Ito, Michiyo Sekiya, Kunihiko Sekido, Atsushi Okuda, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Kazunori Noguchi, Daisuke Tanaka, Kazumichi Sugiyama, Yuka Ishiduka
  • Patent number: 9335645
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support; an undercoat layer formed on the support; and a photosensitive layer formed on the undercoat layer, in which the undercoat layer contains a specific polymerized product (cured product).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kei Tagami, Kunihiko Sekido, Masashi Nishi
  • Publication number: 20160116853
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member including a laminated body, the laminated body including a support, an undercoat layer, and a charge generating layer, the undercoat layer including a polymerized product of a composition including an electron transport material represented by the following formula (1), a cross-linking agent, and a thermoplastic resin having a polymerizable functional group, the laminated body satisfying the following expressions (2) and (3). Z1—X—Z2??(1) 0.20?|Vd2?Vd1|?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Michiyo Sekiya, Kunihiko Sekido, Kei Tagami, Masashi Nishi
  • Publication number: 20160115163
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes, in the following order, a support member, an undercoat layer adjacent to the support member, and a photosensitive layer adjacent to the undercoat layer. The undercoat layer contains a polymer produced by polymerizing a composition containing a crosslinking agent and a compound expressed by general formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Masashi Nishi, Kunihiko Sekido, Michiyo Sekiya, Kei Tagami
  • Patent number: 9280072
    Abstract: Provided is a process for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member, the process including the steps of: preparing a dispersion liquid by dispersing particles each containing an electron transporting substance in an aqueous dispersion medium; forming the coat of the dispersion liquid on the support; and forming an undercoat layer by heating the coat at a temperature equal to or more than the melting point of the electron transporting substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Harunobu Ogaki, Atsushi Okuda, Kunihiko Sekido
  • Patent number: 9274443
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a laminated body including a conductive support, a first intermediate layer on the conductive support, and a second intermediate layer on the first intermediate layer, the first intermediate layer containing a binder resin and a metal oxide particle whose surface have been treated with an organic compound, and the second intermediate layer containing a cured product having electron transportability, in which the laminated body satisfies the following expression (1): R—nV/R_0V?0.80??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tomono, Kunihiko Sekido, Atsushi Okuda, Takeshi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20160054666
    Abstract: An undercoat layer of an electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a polymerized product of (cured material) a composition that contains a particular crosslinking agent, a particular resin, and a particular charge transporting substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Atsushi Okuda, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Kunihiko Sekido, Michiyo Sekiya, Yota Ito, Kenichi Kaku, Hiroyuki Tomono, Yuka Ishiduka
  • Patent number: 9207550
    Abstract: Provided is a process for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member having high uniformity of the surface of its undercoat layer by which the usage of an organic solvent is reduced and the stability of an application liquid for an undercoat layer after its long-term storage is improved in the step of forming the undercoat layer. The process for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member includes the steps of: preparing a solution containing a liquid whose solubility in water at 25° C. and 1 atmosphere is 3.0 mass % or less and an electron transporting substance; preparing an emulsion by dispersing the solution in water; forming a coat of the emulsion on a support; and forming the undercoat layer by heating the coat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Okuda, Harunobu Ogaki, Kunihiko Sekido
  • Publication number: 20150316865
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photosensitive member including an undercoat layer containing metal oxide particles, a binder resin, and an organic acid metal salt having at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of bismuth, zinc, cobalt, iron, nickel, and copper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Kazunori Noguchi, Daisuke Tanaka, Kazumichi Sugiyama, Yota Ito, Michiyo Sekiya, Kunihiko Sekido, Atsushi Okuda, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Yuka Ishiduka
  • Publication number: 20150277246
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member has a laminated body, and a hole transporting layer formed on the laminated body, wherein the laminated body is a laminated body having a conductive support, an electron transporting layer and a charge generating layer. When an impedance is measured by forming a circular-shaped gold electrode having a thickness of 300 nm and a diameter of 10 mm on a surface of the charge generating layer of the laminated body by sputtering, and applying an alternating electric field of 100 mV and 0.1 Hz between the conductive support and the gold electrode, the laminated body of the electrophotographic photosensitive member satisfies the following expression (1): R_opt/R_dark?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichi Kaku, Michiyo Sekiya, Kunihiko Sekido, Atsushi Okuda, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Yota Ito, Hiroyuki Tomono, Yuka Ishiduka
  • Publication number: 20150277247
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member has a laminated body and a hole transporting layer formed on the laminated body, wherein the laminated body has a support, an electron transporting layer and a charge generating layer in this order, and satisfies the following expressions (2) and (4): |V12?V11|?0.35??(2) 0.10?|(Vd2?V13)/Vd2|0.20??(4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Michiyo Sekiya, Kunihiko Sekido, Atsushi Okuda, Hiroyuki Tomono, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Yota Ito, Kenichi Kaku, Yuka Ishiduka
  • Patent number: 9141008
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support, an undercoat layer formed on the support, and a photosensitive layer formed on the undercoat layer, in which the undercoat layer contains a polymerized product of a compound represented by the formula (1) or a polymerized product of a composition containing a compound represented by the formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sekido, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Atsushi Okuda, Michiyo Sekiya, Yota Ito
  • Publication number: 20150185632
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member including: a support; an undercoat layer formed on the support; and a photosensitive layer formed on the undercoat layer. The undercoat layer contains a polymerized product of a composition containing a compound represented by formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sekido, Masashi Nishi, Kei Tagami
  • Publication number: 20150185633
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support; an undercoat layer formed on the support; and a photosensitive layer formed on the undercoat layer, in which the undercoat layer contains a specific polymerized product (cured product).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Kei Tagami, Kunihiko Sekido, Masashi Nishi
  • Publication number: 20150185637
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member including an undercoat layer that contains a polymerized product of a composition containing a compound represented by the formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Masashi Nishi, Kunihiko Sekido, Kei Tagami