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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
May. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Katsuhisa Matsunaka, Inagi, JP;
Kazuo Kishino, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuya Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2057 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2035 (2013.01);
Abstract
An elastic layer of the fixing member contains a silicone rubber, an inorganic filler and vapor grown carbon fibers, relationships of 3X+30Y≦170, 25≦X≦50 and 0.5≦Y≦3.1 are satisfied when a volume percent of the inorganic filler compounded in the elastic layer is expressed by X (%) and a volume percent of the vapor grown carbon fibers compounded in the elastic layer is expressed by Y (%), and a ratio of a fiber length to a fiber diameter of the vapor grown carbon fibers, aspect ratio, is 50 or more.