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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Biao Tan, Rochester, NY (US);
Jiann-Hsing Chen, Fairport, NY (US);
Tonya D Binga, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ; B32B / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428421 ; 428328 ; 428329 ; 428422 ; 428447 ; 428448 ; 428403 ; 428405 ; 428451 ; 4273722 ; 4273855 ; 4273935 ; 4274071 ;
Abstract
A fuser member having improved toner offset release and wear characteristics. The outermost layer comprises a fluoroelastomer with thermally conductive fillers selected from aluminum oxide, cupric oxide, and mixtures thereof which are surface treated with a styryl-functionalized silane coupling agent that is interactive with the fluoroelastomer.