Patents by Inventor Tadaji Fukuda

Tadaji Fukuda 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: 4664998
    Abstract: An image-forming member for electro-photography has a photoconductive layer comprising a hydrogenated amorphous semiconductor composed of silicon and/or germanium as a matrix and at least one chemical modifier such as carbon, nitrogen and oxygen contained in the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Komatsu, Yutaka Hirai, Katsumi Nakagawa, Tadaji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 4613558
    Abstract: Image-forming member for electrophotography comprising a charge generation layer composed of hydrogenated amorphous silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1986
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsumi Nakagawa, Toshiyuki Komatsu, Yutaka Hirai, Teruo Misumi, Tadaji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 4609601
    Abstract: A photoconductive member, comprises a support for a photoconductive member and an amorphous layer which is constituted of silicon atoms as matrix containing at least one of hydrogen atom and halogen atom and exhibits photoconductivity, said amorphous layer having a layer region containing carbon atoms in at least a part thereof, the content of the carbon atoms in said layer region being distributed unevenly in the direction of the thickness of said layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1986
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeru Shirai, Junichiro Kanbe, Tadaji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 4565731
    Abstract: An image-forming member for electro-photography has a photoconductive layer comprising a hydrogenated amorphous semiconductor composed of silicon and/or germanium as a matrix and at least one chemical modifier such as carbon, nitrogen and oxygen contained in the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1986
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Komatsu, Yutaka Hirai, Katsumi Nakagawa, Tadaji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 4557987
    Abstract: A photoconductive member having a support, amorphous charge generation and charge transport layers and a barrier layer between the support and the charge generation layer. The charge generation layer contains from 0.1 to 10 atomic percent of a conduction controlling impurity. Intermediate and surface barrier layers are also employed and additional transport layers are utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeru Shirai, Junichiro Kanbe, Tadaji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 4557990
    Abstract: Image-forming member for electrophotography comprising a charge generation layer composed of hydrogenated amorphous silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsumi Nakagawa, Toshiyuki Komatsu, Yutaka Hirai, Teruo Misumi, Tadaji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 4552824
    Abstract: A layer of amorphous silicon containing H, preferably 10-40 atomic % H, is used as a photoconductive layer for electrophotographic photosensitive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1985
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaka Hirai, Toshiyuki Komatsu, Katsumi Nakagawa, Teruo Misumi, Tadaji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 4551405
    Abstract: Image-forming member for electrophotography comprising a charge generation layer composed of hydrogenated amorphous silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1985
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsumi Nakagawa, Toshiyuki Komatsu, Yutaka Hirai, Teruo Misumi, Tadaji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 4539283
    Abstract: A photoconductive member, comprises a support for a photoconductive member and an amorphous layer which is constituted of silicon atoms as matrix containing at least one of hydrogen atom and halogen atom and exhibits photoconductivity, said amorphous layer having a layer region containing carbon atoms in at least a part thereof, the content of the carbon atoms in said layer region being distributed unevenly in the direction of the thickness of said layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1985
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeru Shirai, Junichiro Kanbe, Tadaji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 4525442
    Abstract: A photoconductive member comprises a photoconductive layer constituted of an amorphous material containing at least one of hydrogen atoms and halogen atoms in a matrix of silicon atoms and an amorphous layer constituted of an amorphous material containing at least one of hydrogen atoms and halogen atoms in a matrix of boron atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1985
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeru Shirai, Junichiro Kanbe, Tadaji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 4507375
    Abstract: A layer of amorphous silicon containing H, preferably 10-40 atomic %H, is used as a photoconductive layer for electrophotographic photosensitive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaka Hirai, Toshiyuki Komatsu, Katsumi Nakagawa, Teruo Misumi, Tadaji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 4490453
    Abstract: A photoconductive member, comprises a support for a photoconductive member and an amorphous layer which is constituted of silicon atoms as matrix containing at least one of hydrogen atom and halogen atom and exhibits photoconductivity, said amorphous layer having a layer region containing nitrogen atoms in at least a part thereof, the content of the nitrogen atoms in said layer region being distributed unevenly in the direction of the thickness of said layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1984
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeru Shirai, Junichiro Kanbe, Tadaji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 4479149
    Abstract: A photo-electric converter principally constructed with a photo-electric conversion unit wherein m.times.n photo-electric conversion elements, each having a light receiving window to form a pel and constructed with a layer of light receiving body and two electrodes provided on both sides thereof, are arranged two-dimensionally in an array of m ranks and n files, and wherein the light receiving windows of the photo-electric conversion elements constituting a rank are arranged at an equally spaced pitch of an integral multiple of that of pels. A signal processing circuit processes and produces as an output a signal which has been subjected to the photo-electric conversion in the photo-electric conversion unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1984
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seishiro Yoshioka, Yutaka Hirai, Tadaji Fukuda, Masaki Fukaya, Takashi Nakagiri
  • Patent number: 4471694
    Abstract: A printing process comprise formation of fixed toner images on a photoconductive substrate by using an electrophotographic method, selective application of color materials onto the image portions of the fixed toner images, and printing of said color material applied onto the fixed toner image to a transfer sheet characterized by removing said fixed toner images from the used photoconductive substrate, forming other toner images on the photoconductive substrate thus reclaimed by using an electrophotographic method, application of color materials onto said other toner images, and printing of said color material applied onto the other fixed toner image to a transfer sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1984
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshio Takasu, Tadaji Fukuda, Junichiro Kanbe
  • Patent number: 4472492
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an electrophotographic image forming member, wherein the first photoconductive layer consisting of an amorphous inorganic semiconductive material is formed on a substrate suited for the electrophotographic process, then the second photoconductive layer, which is different from the first photoconductive layer and consists of amorphous silicon containing therein silicon as the matrix and at least one of hydrogen and halogen atoms, is formed on the first photoconductive layer, and thereafter, the second photoconductive layer is annealed by irradiating a laser beam on the surface of the second photoconductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1984
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junichiro Kanbe, Tadaji Fukuda, Toru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 4471042
    Abstract: An image-forming member for electrophotography has a photoconductive layer comprising a hydrogenated amorphous semiconductor composed of silicon and/or germanium as a matrix and at least one chemical modifier such as carbon, nitrogen and oxygen contained in the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1984
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Komatsu, Yutaka Hirai, Katsumi Nakagawa, Tadaji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 4464451
    Abstract: An electrophotographic image-forming member comprises a substrate for electrophotography and an amorphous layer which is laid on said substrate and constituted of silicon atoms as matrix containing at least one of hydrogen atom and halogen atom and exhibits photoconductivity, said substrate being constituted of aluminum oxide containing chemi-structurally water at least on the surface thereof, and said amorphous layer having a layer region containing at least one member selected from the group consisting of oxygen atom, nitrogen atom and carbon atom in at least a part thereof, the content of said member in said layer region being distributed unevenly in the direction of the thickness of said layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1984
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeru Shirai, Junichiro Kanbe, Tadaji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 4461819
    Abstract: Image-forming member for electrophotography comprising a charge generation layer composed of hydrogenated amorphous silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1984
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsumi Nakagawa, Toshiyuki Komatsu, Yutaka Hirai, Teruo Misumi, Tadaji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 4461820
    Abstract: An electrophotographic image-forming member comprises (1) a substrate for electrophotography which has a surface coating of an aluminum oxide containing water chemi-structurally and (2) a photoconductive layer which is laid on said surface coating of the substrate and constituted of an amorphous material containing at least one of hydrogen atom and halogen atom in a matrix of silicon atom, said photoconductive layer containing at least one of oyxgen atom, nitrogen atom, and carbon atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1984
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeru Shirai, Junichiro Kanbe, Tadaji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 4451547
    Abstract: A layer of amorphous silicon containing H, preferably 10-40 atomic % H, is used as a photoconductive layer for electrophotographic photosensitive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaka Hirai, Toshiyuki Komatsu, Katsumi Nakagawa, Teruo Misumi, Tadaji Fukuda