Patents by Inventor Tomotake Inagaki

Tomotake Inagaki 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: 7951516
    Abstract: The electrophotographic photoreceptor of the present invention includes a cylindrical support; a charge-generating layer and a charge-transporting layer that are layered onto the cylindrical support in this sequence from the cylindrical support side. The charge-transporting layer includes a charge transport material, and resins including a curable resin and a thermoplastic resin. The proportion of the content of the curable resin with respect to the total amount of the resins in the charge-transporting layer increases in the layer thickness direction with distance from the charge-generating layer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomotake Inagaki, Kazuyuki Tada, Tomomasa Sato, Naoki Morita, Kenji Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7887981
    Abstract: The electrophotographic photoreceptor of the present invention includes a cylindrical support, a photosensitive layer and an outermost surface layer that are layered onto the cylindrical support in this sequence from the cylindrical support side. The outermost surface layer includes a charge transport material and a curable resin. The proportion of the content of the curable resin in the outermost surface layer increases in the layer thickness direction with distance from the photosensitive layer side. The process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus of the present invention are provided with the electrophotographic photoreceptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomotake Inagaki, Kazuyuki Tada, Tomomasa Sato, Naoki Morita, Kenji Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7642025
    Abstract: The invention provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor having a cylindrical support, and a charge-generating layer and a charge-transporting layer on or above the cylindrical support, wherein the thickness of the charge-generating layer is increased from the central portion in the axial direction of the cylindrical support towards both end portions thereof, and the difference in thickness between the two end portions is 2.5% or less of an average thickness of the charge-generating layer. Also disclosed are a method of producing the electrophotographic photoreceptor, a process cartridge including the electrophotographic photoreceptor, and an image-forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Tada, Masaru Agatsuma, Tomotake Inagaki, Tomomasa Sato, Toru Asahi, Naoki Morita, Kenji Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7642026
    Abstract: The invention provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor that includes a cylindrical support, and a charge-generating layer and a charge-transporting layer on the cylindrical support, wherein a content per unit volume of a charge-generating material in the charge-generating layer increases from a center portion in an axial direction of the cylindrical support towards both end portions thereof, and a thickness of the charge-generating layer in an axial direction of the cylindrical support is 95% or more and 105% or less relative to an average thickness of the charge-generating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Tada, Tomotake Inagaki, Masaru Agatsuma, Tomomasa Sato
  • Publication number: 20080299473
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing an electrophotographic photoreceptor. The method includes forming at least one layer selected from the group consisting of an undercoat layer, a photosensitive layer, and a protective layer, by jetting by an inkjet method a first coating liquid and a second coating liquid from liquid drop discharging heads which are different from each other, and mixing the first coating liquid and the second coating liquid on a conductive substrate. The first coating liquid and the second coating liquid react with each other when they are mixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomotake INAGAKI, Kazuyuki TADA, Tomomasa SATO, Masaru AGATSUMA
  • Publication number: 20080102389
    Abstract: The electrophotographic photoreceptor of the present invention includes a cylindrical support; a charge-generating layer and a charge-transporting layer that are layered onto the cylindrical support in this sequence from the cylindrical support side. The charge-transporting layer includes a charge transport material, and resins including a curable resin and a thermoplastic resin. The proportion of the content of the curable resin with respect to the total amount of the resins in the charge-transporting layer increases in the layer thickness direction with distance from the charge-generating layer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomotake Inagaki, Kazuyuki Tada, Tomomasa Sato, Naoki Morita, Kenji Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20080102390
    Abstract: The electrophotographic photoreceptor of the present invention includes a cylindrical support, a photosensitive layer and an outermost surface layer that are layered onto the cylindrical support in this sequence from the cylindrical support side. The outermost surface layer includes a charge transport material and a curable resin. The proportion of the content of the curable resin in the outermost surface layer increases in the layer thickness direction with distance from the photosensitive layer side. The process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus of the present invention are provided with the electrophotographic photoreceptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomotake Inagaki, Kazuyuki Tada, Tomomasa Sato, Naoki Morita, Kenji Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20080070134
    Abstract: The invention provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor having a cylindrical support, and a charge-generating layer and a charge-transporting layer on or above the cylindrical support, wherein the thickness of the charge-generating layer is increased from the central portion in the axial direction of the cylindrical support towards both end portions thereof, and the difference in thickness between the two end portions is 2.5% or less of an average thickness of the charge-generating layer. Also disclosed are a method of producing the electrophotographic photoreceptor, a process cartridge including the electrophotographic photoreceptor, and an image-forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Tada, Masaru Agatsuma, Tomotake Inagaki, Tomomasa Sato, Toru Asahi, Naoki Morita, Kenji Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20080070135
    Abstract: The invention provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor that includes a cylindrical support, and a charge-generating layer and a charge-transporting layer on the cylindrical support, wherein a content per unit volume of a charge-generating material in the charge-generating layer increases from a center portion in an axial direction of the cylindrical support towards both end portions thereof, and a thickness of the charge-generating layer in an axial direction of the cylindrical support is 95% or more and 105% or less relative to an average thickness of the charge-generating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Tada, Tomotake Inagaki, Masaru Agatsuma, Tomomasa Sato