Patents by Inventor Yuto Okazaki

Yuto Okazaki 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: 12117741
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive base body and a multilayered photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive base body and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, wherein the charge transport layer is an uppermost surface layer and contains a charge transport material, a polyester resin, and a compound (T) represented by Formula (T) below, the polyester resin includes a polyester resin (1) including at least one selected from the group consisting of a diol unit (P1) represented by Formula (P1), a diol unit (P2) represented by Formula (P2), a diol unit (P3) represented by Formula (P3), a diol unit (P5) represented by Formula (P5), and a diol unit (P6) represented by Formula (P6), the polyester resin (1) further includes a unit including a biphenyl skeleton, and end groups of the polyester resin (1) do not include fluorine atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroko Kobayashi, Tomoya Sasaki, Ryosuke Fujii, Yuto Okazaki, Kosuke Narita
  • Publication number: 20240329558
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive base body and a multilayered photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive base body and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, wherein the charge transport layer is an uppermost surface layer and contains a charge transport material, a polyester resin, and a compound (T) represented by Formula (T) below, the polyester resin includes a polyester resin (1) including at least one selected from the group consisting of a diol unit (P1) represented by Formula (P1), a diol unit (P2) represented by Formula (P2), a diol unit (P3) represented by Formula (P3), a diol unit (P5) represented by Formula (P5), and a diol unit (P6) represented by Formula (P6), the polyester resin (1) further includes a unit including a biphenyl skeleton, and end groups of the polyester resin (1) do not include fluorine atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Tomoya SASAKI, Ryosuke FUJII, Yuto OKAZAKI, Kosuke NARITA
  • Publication number: 20240288788
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a polyester resin (1) having a dicarboxylic acid unit (A) represented by Formula (A) and a diol unit (B) represented by Formula (B), and an amount of a diol represented by Formula (1) in the charge transport layer is 10 ppm or less, in Formula (A), n1 represents 1, 2, or 3, n1 pieces of m1's each independently represent 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, m1 pieces of Ra1's each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 or more and 12 or less carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 or more and 6 or less carbon atoms, in Formula (B), Rb1 and Rb2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 or more and 12 or less
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yuto OKAZAKI, Kosuke NARITA, Tomoya SASAKI, Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Ryosuke FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240248419
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor contains a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a charge transport material, at least one of a polyester resin or a polycarbonate resin that has a constitutional unit containing biphenyl represented by Formula (1), and an aromatic dicarboxylic acid represented by Formula (2), in Formula (1), j represents an integer of 0 or greater and 4 or less, j pieces of R11's each independently represent a methyl group or an ethyl group, k represents an integer of 0 or greater and 4 or less, and k pieces of R12's each independently represent a methyl group or an ethyl group, in Formula (2), p represents an integer of 0 or greater and 4 or less, p pieces of R21's each independently represent a methyl group or an ethyl group, q represents an integer of 0 or greater and 4 or less, q pieces of R22's each in
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp
    Inventors: Ryosuke FUJII, Tomoya Sasaki, Hiroko Kobayashi, Yuto Okazaki, Kosuke Narita
  • Publication number: 20240085818
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photoreceptor that has a photosensitive layer constituting a surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, a charging device that charges the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, an electrostatic charge image forming device that forms an electrostatic charge image on the charged surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, a developing device that accommodates a developer containing a toner which contains toner particles and an external additive, and develops the electrostatic charge image formed on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor by the developer as a toner image, a transfer device that transfers the toner image formed on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor to a surface of a recording medium, and a cleaning device that includes a cleaning blade coming into contact with the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor and cleaning at least residual toner particles on the surface of the el
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshiteru YAMADA, Tomoya SASAKI, Ryosuke FUJII, Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Yuto OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240077809
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a charge transport material, at least one of a polyester resin (PEz) or a polycarbonate resin (PCz) that has at least one of a structure (Z1) represented by Formula (Z1) or a structure (Z2) represented by Formula (Z2) at at least one terminal, and a resin (X) that has at least one of a unit (X1) represented by Formula (X1) or a unit (X2) represented by Formula (X2), a mass proportion of the resin (X) in a total amount of the polyester resin (PEz), the polycarbonate resin (PCz), and the resin (X) in the charge transport layer is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomoya SASAKI, Ryosuke FUJII, Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Yuto OKAZAKI, Kosuke NARITA
  • Publication number: 20240053689
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer or a single layer type photosensitive layer that is a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate, in which the charge transport layer or the single layer type photosensitive layer is an outermost layer and contains a charge transport material and a binder resin containing a polyester resin having an aromatic ring, the charge transport layer or the single layer type photosensitive layer has an average thickness of 28 ?m or greater and 50 ?m or less, and a weight reduction ratio of the charge transport layer or the single layer type photosensitive layer from 30° C. to 175° C. in thermogravimetric analysis is 0.1% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yuto OKAZAKI, kosuke NARITA, Tomoya SASAKI, Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Ryosuke FUJII
  • Patent number: 11892780
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photoreceptor that has a photosensitive layer constituting a surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, a charging device that charges the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, an electrostatic charge image forming device that forms an electrostatic charge image on the charged surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, a developing device that accommodates a developer containing a toner which contains toner particles and an external additive, and develops the electrostatic charge image formed on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor by the developer as a toner image, a transfer device that transfers the toner image formed on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor to a surface of a recording medium, and a cleaning device that includes a cleaning blade coming into contact with the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor and cleaning at least residual toner particles on the surface of the el
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Yamada, Tomoya Sasaki, Ryosuke Fujii, Hiroko Kobayashi, Yuto Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20240036488
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a charge transport material, a polyester resin, and a polycarbonate resin, and the polyester resin includes the following polyester resin (1), polyester resin (1): a polyester resin having at least one selected from the group including a diol unit (B3) represented by Formula (B3), a diol unit (B5) represented by Formula (B5), a diol unit (B6) represented by Formula (B6), a diol unit (B7) represented by Formula (B7), a diol unit (B8) represented by Formula (B8), a diol unit (B9) represented by Formula (B9), a diol unit (B10) represented by Formula (B10), and a diol unit (B11) represented by Formula (B11), in Formula (B3), Rb113 and Rb213 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a linear alkyl group having 1 or more and 3 or less
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroko Kobayashi, Tomoya Sasaki, Yuto Okazaki, Ryosuke Fujii, Kosuke Narita
  • Publication number: 20240036487
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer or a single layer type photosensitive layer that is a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate, in which the charge transport layer or the single layer type photosensitive layer is an outermost layer and contains a charge transport material, a polyester resin having a dicarboxylic acid unit (A) represented by Formula (A), and a compound that has a molecular weight of 255 or greater, has a phenol skeleton in which a primary carbon atom or a secondary carbon atom is bonded to one ortho position and a tertiary carbon atom or a quaternary carbon atom is bonded to the other ortho position, and has no linear alkylene structure having 4 or more carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ryosuke FUJII, Tomoya SASAKI, Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Yuto OKAZAKI, Kosuke NARITA
  • Patent number: 11796928
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive support and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive support. A top surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member includes fluorine-containing resin particles, a fluorine-containing dispersant, and two or more charge transporting materials. When the charge transporting materials are listed in order of decreasing HOMO energy levels, a difference in HOMO energy level between each adjacent two of the charge The ratio A of the amount of each of the charge transporting materials to the total amount of the charge transporting materials satisfies the condition 1 below, [(100/N)?(100/N×0.3)]?A?[(100/N)+(100/N×0.3)]??Condition 1 where N represents the number of types of the charge transporting materials included in the top surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenta Shingu, Yoshiteru Yamada, Akihiro Kawasaki, Keisuke Kusano, Kohei Hashimoto, Yuto Okazaki, Takeshi Iwanaga, Wataru Yamada, Hirohito Yoneyama
  • Publication number: 20230288847
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer in this order, in which the charge transport layer contains at least one resin selected from a polyester resin or a polycarbonate resin, and in a case where a Martens hardness and an indentation hardness, which are acquired by an indentation test performed on the charge transport layer to a depth of 0.5 ?m, are respectively defined as HM (N/mm2) and nIT (N/mm2), Relational Equation (0) is satisfied, an elastic deformation modulus is 45% or greater and 70% or less, and a tensile elastic modulus of the charge transport layer is 2,300 MPa or greater and 5,000 MPa or less, nIT=a×HM?b(a=2±0.2,b=100±20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroko Kobayashi, Tomoya Sasaki, Kohei Hashimoto, Ryosuke Fujii, Yuto Okazaki, Kosuke Narita
  • Publication number: 20230288824
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a polyester resin having a structure represented by Formula (1) at a terminal and a charge transport material, and in a case where a weight-average molecular weight Mw of the polyester resin is defined as A (×10,000), a value of a ratio M1/M2 of a mass M1 of the charge transport material to a mass M2 of an entire charge transport layer is defined as Cs, and an average thickness of the charge transport layer is defined as Ds (?m), expressions of 7?A?40, 0.28?Cs?0.55, 27?Ds?50, and 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yuto OKAZAKI, Tomoya SASAKI, Ryosuke FUJII, Kohei HASHIMOTO, Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Kosuke NARITA
  • Publication number: 20230280668
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoat layer disposed on the conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the undercoat layer and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a charge transport material and a polyester resin, and in a case where an average thickness of the charge transport layer is defined as As (?m) and an average thickness of the undercoat layer is defined as Bs (?m), expressions 27?As?50, 10?Bs?40, and 0.70?As/Bs?4.80 are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomoya SASAKI, Kohei Hashimoto, Ryosuke Fujii, Hiroko Kobayashi, Yuto Okazaki, Kosuke Narita
  • Publication number: 20230266684
    Abstract: An image forming unit includes a photoreceptor and a charging member that comes into contact with a surface of the photoreceptor and charges the photoreceptor, in which the photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, the charge transport layer contains at least one of a polyester resin that has a constitutional unit having an aromatic ring or a polycarbonate resin that has a constitutional unit having an aromatic ring, the charging member includes a support member and an elastic layer disposed on the support member, and the elastic layer has a storage elastic modulus G? of 5.0 MPa or less at a frequency of 100 Hz in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement under a temperature condition of 24° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kosuke NARITA, Tomoya Sasaki, Ryosuke Fujii, Kohei Hashimoto, Hiroko Kobayashi, Yuto Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20230266683
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a charge transport material, at least one of a polyester resin that has a constitutional unit having an aromatic ring or a polycarbonate resin that has a constitutional unit having an aromatic ring, and a compound (1) represented by Formula (1) and having a melting point of 40° C. or higher, in Formula (1), Ar represents an aromatic ring that may have a substituent, L represents a single bond, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom, R represents an alkyl group having 1 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group having 7 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Fujii, Tomoya Sasaki, Hiroko Kobayashi, Kohei Hashimoto, Yuto OKazaki, Kosuke Narita
  • Patent number: 11693329
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing resin particle contains 0 or more and 30 or less carboxyl groups per 106 carbon atoms and 0 ppm or more and 3 ppm or less of a basic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Wataru Yamada, Masahiro Iwasaki, Ryosuke Fujii, Keisuke Kusano, Yuto Okazaki, Taisuke Fukui
  • Publication number: 20230195003
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a charge transport material and a polyester resin, and a mass proportion of a chemical substance (AA) represented by Formula (AA) in a total mass of the charge transport layer is 2,000 ppm or less. In Formula (AA), X represents an organic group, and mAA represents an integer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomoya SASAKI, Ryosuke FUJII, Kohei HASHIMOTO, Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Yuto OKAZAKI, Kosuke NARITA
  • Publication number: 20230107087
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a lamination type photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, in which the charge transport layer contains a polyester resin (1) having a dicarboxylic acid unit (A) represented by Formula (A) and a diol unit (B) represented by Formula (B), and a charge transport material, and in a case where a weight-average molecular weight Mw of the polyester resin (1) contained in the charge transport layer is defined as A (10,000), a value of a ratio M1/M2 of a mass M1 of the charge transport material contained in the charge transport layer to a mass M2 of the charge transport layer is defined as Cs, and an average thickness of the charge transport layer is defined as Ds (?m), expressions of 5?A?40, 0.28?Cs?0.55, 27?Ds?50, and 2.5?(A×Ds)/(Cs×100)?70.0 are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tomoya SASAKI, Ryosuke FUJII, Kohei HASHIMOTO, Hiroko KOBAYASHI, Yuto OKAZAKI, Kosuke NARITA
  • Patent number: 11526092
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer on the conductive substrate. The outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains fluorine-containing resin particles, a fluorine graft polymer, and an acidic compound having an acid dissociation constant (pKa) of 3 or less in water at 25° C. The amount of the acidic compound relative to the outermost surface layer is 100 ppm or more and 10000 ppm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masahiro Iwasaki, Wataru Yamada, Keisuke Kusano, Yuto Okazaki, Taisuke Fukui