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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Yamada, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image heating apparatus including: a heater including heat generating elements, and electrodes electrically connected to the heat generating elements, respectively and arranged in an orthogonal direction of a conveyance direction of a recording material; and connectors for supplying electric power to electrodes, wherein the connectors include contact portions that come into contact with one of the electrodes, a first supporting portion that supports a first contact portion, and a second supporting portion that supports a second contact portion, the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion are arranged to be spaced apart from each other in the orthogonal direction, the first contact portion extends in a direction toward the second supporting portion, the second contact portion extends in a direction toward the first supporting portion, and the first contact portion and the second contact portion are in contact with the one of the electrodes at different positions.