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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2023
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Saeki, Sunto Shizuoka, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device including a tubular body, a heater, and a heat transfer member. The heater is positioned on an inner side of a tubular body and includes a substrate that supports a heat generating body. The substrate includes a first region. A first area in a first position on an inner side of the first region is smaller than the first area in a second position present on an outer side of the first region. The heat transfer member includes a second region. A second area in a third position present on an inner side of the second region is larger than the second area in a fourth position on an outer side of the second region. At least a part of the second region overlaps at least a part of the first region in a first direction.