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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
May. 29, 2014
Metal substrate for fixing member, manufacturing method therefor, fixing member, and fixing assembly
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hirotomo Tamiya, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 15/01 (2006.01); C21D 7/13 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01); C21D 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D 7/13 (2013.01); C21D 6/004 (2013.01); G03G 15/2057 (2013.01); C21D 2211/001 (2013.01); C21D 2211/008 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2048 (2013.01); Y10T 428/12549 (2015.01); Y10T 428/12965 (2015.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a metal substrate for a fixing belt, having excellent durability. The metal substrate for a fixing belt of the present invention including an austenite stainless steel including a martensite phase includes: a region of austenite stainless steel including a martensite phase, with a nickel content of 8 mass % or more, sandwiched between regions of austenite stainless steel including a martensite phase, with a nickel content less than 8 mass %, in the thickness direction.