US 12,259,671 B2
Resin belt, fixing belt, fixing device, and image forming apparatus
Kenji Kajiwara, Kanagawa (JP); Hiroaki Tanaka, Kanagawa (JP); Taiki Nagamatsu, Kanagawa (JP); Tomotake Inagaki, Kanagawa (JP); and Ryohei Yoshikawa, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/457,836.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-054182 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0329580 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/20 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/2057 (2013.01) [G03G 15/206 (2013.01); G03G 15/2064 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2009 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2025 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fixing belt comprising:
a resin belt comprising:
a resin;
a low-melting-point alloy having a melting point of 370° C. or lower; and
a fibrous filler;
a substrate layer including the resin belt;
an elastic layer on the substrate layer; and
a surface layer on the elastic layer,
wherein a content of the low-melting-point alloy with respect to the resin belt is from 0.5 mass % to 20 mass %, and a content of the fibrous filler with respect to the resin belt is from 5 mass % to 40 mass %.