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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Sasuke Endo, Chigasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2053 (2013.01);
Abstract
A connector member connectable to a heating unit inside a heating roller of a fixing device includes a cover having a recess into which an end of a substrate of the heating unit in a first direction parallel to a rotation axis of the heating roller can be inserted, and an energizing terminal stored in the cover and including a contact portion on one side of the recess and to be in contact with a contact point on the substrate, and a connecting portion to which a conducting wire for receiving electric power is connected and located on the other side of the recess.