Patent ID: 8133161
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: G03G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A conductive member, comprising: a conductive support; and an electrical resistance adjusting layer formed on the conductive support, wherein the electrical resistance adjusting layer includes a thermoplastic resin, a polymeric ion conductive material, and a graft copolymer which is compatible with both of the thermoplastic resin and the polymeric ion conductive material; the electrical resistance adjusting layer is formed in a sea-island structure formed from a sea portion made of the polymeric ion conductive material and island portions made of the thermoplastic resin, the island portions being dispersed in the sea portion; each of the island portions is formed in an elongate shape to be elongated in an axial direction of the conductive member; and a layer made of the graft copolymer is formed at boundaries between the thermoplastic resin and the polymeric ion conductive material, wherein the conductive member has a cylindrical shape.