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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
May. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Sakakibara, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuhisa Matsunaka, Inagi, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/06 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2057 (2013.01); G03G 15/206 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2035 (2013.01); Y10T 428/249921 (2015.04); Y10T 428/249972 (2015.04);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to providing an electrophotographic member including a conductive elastic layer having high thermal insulation properties and excellent dimensional stability. The electrophotographic member having an elastic layer which includes a plurality of voids derived from resin microballoons connected to and made open to each other and contains an ion conducting agent.