Patent ID: 8178209

Claim:
A fuser member comprising a substrate, and thereover, an outer layer comprising a crosslinked fluorinated polyimide with a curing agent, wherein said fluorinated polyimide comprises: wherein Ar 1 and Ar 2 independently represent an aromatic group of from about 6 carbon atoms to about 60 carbon atoms; and at least one of Ar 1 and Ar 2 further contains a fluoro-pendant group; wherein the fluorinated polyimide includes an active site capable of reacting with the curing agent; and wherein the active site is selected from a group consisting of wherein R is a linkage group selected from the group consisting of hexafluoromethylisopropylidene, a sulfur group, an oxy group, a carbonyl group, and a sulfonyl group, and X is an alkyl group or fluorinated alkyl group of from 1 to 18 carbon atoms.