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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hirotomo Tamiya, Kawasaki, 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 15/2053 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2016 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an endless belt-shaped metal substrate, which can be used for a fixing member. The metal substrate includes an austenitic stainless alloy that contains copper and unavoidable impurities, in which the austenitic stainless alloy has a martensite ratio of less than 20%, and includes an austenitic phase as a matrix and a Cu-rich phase dispersed in the matrix, the Cu-rich phase extending in a direction perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the metal substrate.