The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2008
David Glenn Black, Longmont, CO (US);
James Alan Hartman, Broomfield, CO (US);
Ronald Harold Levin, Lafayette, CO (US);
Weimei Luo, Louisville, CO (US);
Dat Quoc Nguyen, Platteville, CO (US);
Tanya Yvonne Thames, Aurora, CO (US);
David Glenn Black, Longmont, CO (US);
James Alan Hartman, Broomfield, CO (US);
Ronald Harold Levin, Lafayette, CO (US);
Weimei Luo, Louisville, CO (US);
Dat Quoc Nguyen, Platteville, CO (US);
Tanya Yvonne Thames, Aurora, CO (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a photoconductor for use in a printer or printer cartridge comprise an electrically conductive substrate, a charge generation layer disposed over the electrically conductive substrate, and a charge transport layer disposed over the charge generation layer, wherein the charge transport layer comprises charge transport molecules with octyl/decyl glycidyl ether (OGE) or dodecyl/tetradecyl glycidyl ether (DGE), or combinations thereof, added to improve resistance to crazing, cracking and crystallization in the change transport layer.