Patents by Inventor Michinori FUKUMA

Michinori FUKUMA 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: 20240377768
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer provided on or above the conductive substrate and containing inorganic oxide particles, and an inorganic protective layer provided on the photosensitive layer. In a particle size distribution of the inorganic oxide particles obtained through cross-sectional observation of the photosensitive layer, the highest peak for small-diameter particles A is present in the range of 20 nm to 50 nm, and the highest peak for large-diameter particles ? is present in the range of 80 nm to 400 nm, with the threshold particle diameter for the small-diameter particles A and the large-diameter particles ? being 60 nm, and the relationship between the particle diameter dA at the highest peak for the small-diameter particles A and the particle diameter dB at the highest peak for the large-diameter particles ? satisfies formula (A1) below: dB / dA ? 4. .
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ryota KANEKO, Michinori FUKUMA, Hiroaki OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240255860
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, a charge generation layer disposed on the conductive substrate, a charge transport layer disposed on the charge generation layer, and an inorganic surface layer disposed on the charge transport layer, in which a capacitance of the charge transport layer per unit area is 1.5×10?9 F/m2 or greater and 3.8×10?9 F/m2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Michinori Fukuma
  • Patent number: 12019393
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Jiro Korenaga, Shuhei Yamazaki, Satoshi Mizoguchi, Yoichi Kigoshi, Michinori Fukuma, Kosuke Narita, Masahiro Iwasaki, Keisuke Kusano
  • Publication number: 20240118638
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an organic photosensitive layer, and an inorganic protection layer arranged in this order, the inorganic protection layer containing a metal oxide that contains oxygen atoms, gallium atoms, and aluminum atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Michinori FUKUMA
  • Patent number: 11880162
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoat layer on the conductive substrate, a charge generation layer on the undercoat layer, a charge transport layer on the charge generation layer, and an inorganic protection layer on the charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a binder resin and a charge transport material, and, when impedance of the charge transport layer is measured, a ratio (C1Hz/C10Hz) of an electrostatic capacitance C1Hz at 1 Hz to an electrostatic capacitance C10Hz at 10 Hz is 1.1 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yoichi Kigoshi, Michinori Fukuma, Ryota Kaneko, Jiro Korenaga
  • Publication number: 20230114544
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoat layer on the conductive substrate, a charge generation layer on the undercoat layer, a charge transport layer on the charge generation layer, and an inorganic protection layer on the charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a binder resin and a charge transport material, and, when impedance of the charge transport layer is measured, a ratio (C1 Hz/C10 Hz) of an electrostatic capacitance C1 Hz at 1 Hz to an electrostatic capacitance C10 Hz at 10 Hz is 1.1 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yoichi Kigoshi, Michinori Fukuma, Ryota Kaneko, Jiro Korenaga
  • Publication number: 20220308475
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Jiro KORENAGA KORENAGA, Shuhei Yamazaki, Satoshi Mizoguchi, Yoichi Kigoshi, Michinori Fukuma, Kosuke Narita, Masahiro Iwasaki, Keisuke Kusano
  • Patent number: 10303070
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer disposed so as to overlie the conductive substrate and containing a first charge-transporting material having two triphenylamine skeletons and a charge mobility of approximately 4×10?6 cm2/Vs or more and at least one second charge-transporting material selected from the group consisting of a charge-transporting material having one triphenylamine skeleton and a charge mobility of approximately 5×10?5 cm2/Vs or more, a charge-transporting material having two triphenylamine skeletons and being different from the first charge-transporting material, and a charge-transporting material having three triphenylamine skeletons, wherein the second charge-transporting material content is approximately from 0.2 weight % to 1.0 weight % relative to the total charge-transporting material content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Michinori Fukuma
  • Publication number: 20180210355
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer disposed so as to overlie the conductive substrate and containing a first charge-transporting material having two triphenylamine skeletons and a charge mobility of approximately 4×10?6 cm2/Vs or more and at least one second charge-transporting material selected from the group consisting of a charge-transporting material having one triphenylamine skeleton and a charge mobility of approximately 5×10?5 cm2/Vs or more, a charge-transporting material having two triphenylamine skeletons and being different from the first charge-transporting material, and a charge-transporting material having three triphenylamine skeletons, wherein the second charge-transporting material content is approximately from 0.2 weight % to 1.0 weight % relative to the total charge-transporting material content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Michinori FUKUMA
  • Publication number: 20170261873
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes: a conductive substrate; a charge generation layer that is disposed on the conductive substrate and contains a resin, a phthalocyanine pigment, and a compound represented by the following Formula (BP); and a charge transport layer that is disposed on the charge generation layer and contains a charge transport material, wherein RB1, RB2 and RB3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having from 6 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Michinori FUKUMA