Patents by Inventor Yuko YAMANO

Yuko YAMANO 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: 9866721
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory, an electronic file obtaining unit, an attribute information obtaining unit, and a display. The memory stores server information in which servers are associated with confidentiality information and charge information. The electronic file obtaining unit obtains an electronic file. The attribute information obtaining unit obtains attribute information including confidentiality information about the electronic file. The display displays, in accordance with the server information and the attribute information, a server satisfying a confidentiality level that is adequate to save the electronic file and the charge information about the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko Yamano, Toshiaki Koue
  • Publication number: 20170013160
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory, an electronic file obtaining unit, an attribute information obtaining unit, and a display. The memory stores server information in which servers are associated with confidentiality information and charge information. The electronic file obtaining unit obtains an electronic file. The attribute information obtaining unit obtains attribute information including confidentiality information about the electronic file. The display displays, in accordance with the server information and the attribute information, a server satisfying a confidentiality level that is adequate to save the electronic file and the charge information about the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko YAMANO, Toshiaki KOUE
  • Patent number: 9201317
    Abstract: A conductive support for an electrophotographic photoreceptor contains aluminum, in which the conductive support has a Young's modulus of from 32,000 MPa to 55,000 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yamashita, Yoshifumi Shoji, Yuko Yamano, Masaru Agatsuma, Shinya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8822115
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer, and a surface layer that is provided on the photosensitive layer. The surface layer includes a cross-linked component which is a reaction product of compound A and compound B. The compound A is at least one compound selected from guanamine compounds and melamine compounds, and the compound B is a charge-transporting material. A structure derived from at least one compound selected from the guanamine compounds and the melamine compounds included in the surface layer amounts for 0.1% by weight to 5% by weight, and a structure derived from the charge-transporting material included in the surface layer amounts for 85% by weight or greater. Surface roughness Rz of the surface layer is from 0.1 ?m to 0.3 ?m, and the surface has at least one compound selected from fatty acid metal salt and fluorine resin particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuko Yamano, Daisuke Haruyama, Shinya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8785090
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; and a single-layer photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate and includes a binder resin, at least one kind of charge generation material selected from hydroxygallium phthalocyanine pigments and chlorogallium phthalocyanine pigments, a hole transport material represented by Formula (1), and an electron transport material represented by Formula (2):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuko Yamano, Shinya Yamamoto, Masahiro Iwasaki, Takayuki Yamashita, Yohei Saito, Jiro Korenaga
  • Patent number: 8741512
    Abstract: Provided is an additive for an electrophotographic photoreceptor which is represented by Formula (I): wherein, A represents an m-valent organic group derived from arylamine represented by Formula (II) or Formula (III); T represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; Rf represents a branched hydrocarbon group having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms in which at least one hydrogen atom is substituted with a fluorine atom; l represents 0 or 1; and m represents an integer of 1 to 4: wherein, Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms; Ar4, Ar5, Ar6, and Ar7 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms; and X represents a divalent organic group represented by Formula (IV), Formula (V), or Formula (VI):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwasaki, Yuko Yamano, Yukimi Kawabata
  • Patent number: 8669028
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor is provided, which includes: a substrate; a photosensitive layer; and a surface protective layer, in this order, in which the protective layer contains a crosslinked product of a curable charge transporting material in a content of from about 90 to 98% by weight, and fluorinated resin particles in a content of from about 2 to 10% by weight, and the protective layer satisfies Formula (1): 0.5?b/a?1, wherein, “a” represents a ratio of fluorine atoms to the sum of carbon atoms, oxygen atoms, and fluorine atoms present in a region of the protective layer ranging from the photosensitive layer side surface thereof to a point corresponding to about ? of the thickness thereof, and “b” represents the ratio in a region of the protective layer ranging from the outer surface thereof to a point corresponding to about ? of the thickness thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukimi Kawabata, Yuko Yamano, Kazuyuki Tada, Kenji Ikeda, Mitsuhide Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8652716
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor having a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer, such that the layer constituting the outermost surface of the photosensitive layer is formed by polymerizing a cross-linkable charge transporting material having a reactive hydroxyl group and a cross-linkable charge transporting material having a reactive alkoxy group, and the ionization potential of the outer surface of the layer constituting the outermost surface is higher by about 0.1 eV or more than the ionization potential of the inner surface of the layer constituting the outermost surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwasaki, Jiro Korenaga, Yuko Yamano, Yukimi Kawabata, Daisuke Haruyama
  • Publication number: 20140044456
    Abstract: A conductive support for an electrophotographic photoreceptor contains aluminum, in which the conductive support has a Young's modulus of from 32,000 MPa to 55,000 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki YAMASHITA, Yoshifumi SHOJI, Yuko YAMANO, Masaru AGATSUMA, Shinya YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20140045112
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate having a centerline average roughness (Ra) of from 1.0 ?m to 1.7 ?m and a maximum height (Rmax) of from 3.0 ?m to 4.0 ?m as a surface roughness; and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate, in which the outermost surface layer contains fluorine-containing particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi SHOJI, Takayuki YAMASHITA, Masaru AGATSUMA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Yuko YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20140045110
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a cylindrical conductive substrate that is formed of a metal or an alloy and has an average area of crystal grains of 100 ?m2 or greater; and a photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiko MATSUKI, Takayuki YAMASHITA, Yoshifumi SHOJI, Mitsuhide NAKAMURA, Yuko YAMANO, Shinya YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20130288169
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; and a single-layer photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate and includes a binder resin, at least one kind of charge generation material selected from hydroxygallium phthalocyanine pigments and chlorogallium phthalocyanine pigments, a hole transport material represented by Formula (1), and an electron transport material represented by Formula (2):
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko YAMANO, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Masahiro IWASAKI, Takayuki YAMASHITA, Yohei SAITO, Jiro KORENAGA
  • Publication number: 20130288170
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; a single-layer photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate and includes a binder resin, a charge generation material, a hole transport material, and an electron transport material, wherein a half decay exposure during positive charging is less than or equal to 0.18 ?J/cm2, and a half decay exposure during negative charging is 2 to 12 times the half decay exposure during positive charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei SAITO, Koji BANDO, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Masahiro IWASAKI, Takayuki YAMASHITA, Jiro KORENAGA, Yuko YAMANO
  • Publication number: 20130252150
    Abstract: Provided is an additive for an electrophotographic photoreceptor which is represented by Formula (I): wherein, A represents an m-valent organic group derived from arylamine represented by Formula (II) or Formula (III); T represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; Rf represents a branched hydrocarbon group having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms in which at least one hydrogen atom is substituted with a fluorine atom; 1 represents 0 or 1; and m represents an integer of 1 to 4: wherein, Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms; Ar4, Ar5, Ar6, and Ar7 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms; and X represents a divalent organic group represented by Formula (IV), Formula (V), or Formula (VI):
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro IWASAKI, Yuko YAMANO, Yukimi KAWABATA
  • Publication number: 20130244148
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer, and a surface layer that is provided on the photosensitive layer. The surface layer includes a cross-linked component which is a reaction product of compound A and compound B. The compound A is at least one compound selected from guanamine compounds and melamine compounds, and the compound B is a charge-transporting material. A structure derived from at least one compound selected from the guanamine compounds and the melamine compounds included in the surface layer amounts for 0.1% by weight to 5% by weight, and a structure derived from the charge-transporting material included in the surface layer amounts for 85% by weight or greater. Surface roughness Rz of the surface layer is from 0.1 ?m to 0.3 ?m, and the surface has at least one compound selected from fatty acid metal salt and fluorine resin particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko YAMANO, Daisuke HARUYAMA, Shinya YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120251932
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor having a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer, such that the layer constituting the outermost surface of the photosensitive layer is formed by polymerizing a cross-linkable charge transporting material having a reactive hydroxyl group and a cross-linkable charge transporting material having a reactive alkoxy group, and the ionization potential of the outer surface of the layer constituting the outermost surface is higher by about 0.1 eV or more than the ionization potential of the inner surface of the layer constituting the outermost surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro IWASAKI, Jiro KORENAGA, Yuko YAMANO, Yukimi KAWABATA, Daisuke HARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20120064442
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor is provided, which includes: a substrate; a photosensitive layer; and a surface protective layer, in this order, in which the protective layer contains a crosslinked product of a curable charge transporting material in a content of from about 90 to 98% by weight, and fluorinated resin particles in a content of from about 2 to 10% by weight, and the protective layer satisfies Formula (1): 0.5?b/a?1, wherein, “a” represents a ratio of fluorine atoms to the sum of carbon atoms, oxygen atoms, and fluorine atoms present in a region of the protective layer ranging from the photosensitive layer side surface thereof to a point corresponding to about ? of the thickness thereof, and “b” represents the ratio in a region of the protective layer ranging from the outer surface thereof to a point corresponding to about ? of the thickness thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukimi KAWABATA, Yuko YAMANO, Kazuyuki TADA, Kenji IKEDA, Mitsuhide NAKAMURA