Patent ID: 6974654

Claim:
An electrophotographic photoconductor comprising: an electroconductive support and a photoconductive layer which is formed on said electroconductive support and comprises at least one polyurethane resin, wherein said polyurethane resin comprises at least a structural unit represented by formula (1): wherein R 1 and R 2 are each a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group; R 3 is selected from the group consisting of an unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkyl group represented by —(CH 2 ) m CH 3 , and an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms wherein said alkyl group is substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of a fluorine atom, a cyano group, and a phenyl group which may have a substituent selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, a straight-chain alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a branched alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and a cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; a and b are each an integer of 0 to 4, and when a and b are each an integer of 2 to 4, a plurality of groups represented by R 1 or R 2 may be the same or different; and n and m are each an integer of 8 to 27.