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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2021
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventor:
Sunhyung Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); B32B 15/08 (2006.01); B32B 15/18 (2006.01); B32B 27/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2057 (2013.01); B32B 15/08 (2013.01); B32B 15/18 (2013.01); B32B 27/285 (2013.01); B32B 2307/7376 (2023.05); B32B 2433/00 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2025 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2048 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example fixing unit includes a flexible fixing belt, a backup member located outside the fixing belt to form a fixing nip, and a plate heater in contact with the fixing belt to heat the fixing belt in the fixing nip, wherein the fixing belt includes a first abrasion prevention layer disposed on a surface facing the plate heater and including polyetheretherketone (PEEK), and the plate heater includes a second abrasion prevention layer in contact with the first abrasion prevention layer and including glass.