Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Conductive member, charging device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus having surface layer with sea/island structure
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Application No.: US18190050Application Date: 2023-03-24
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Publication No.: US12055868B2Publication Date: 2024-08-06
- Inventor: Kenta Yamakoshi , Yukimi Kawabata
- Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Current Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: JCIPRNET
- Priority: JP 22154083 2022.09.27
- Main IPC: G03G15/02
- IPC: G03G15/02 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
A conductive member includes: a substrate; an elastic layer provided on the substrate; and a surface layer provided on the elastic layer, in which the surface layer contains a conductive agent and has a sea/island structure that consists of a sea portion containing a first resin and an island portion containing a second resin, and a distance R between the island portions and a radius r of the island portion in a cross-section of the surface layer satisfy the following Expression (1-1),
−0.20≤R−2r≤0.40 Expression (1-1).
−0.20≤R−2r≤0.40 Expression (1-1).
Public/Granted literature
- US20240103393A1 CONDUCTIVE MEMBER, CHARGING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2024-03-28
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