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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2024
Takahiro Imada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuusuke Furuichi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing rotator having a hollow portion inside the fixing rotator, a fixing cover, a pressure rotator contacting the fixing rotator to form a fixing nip, an electric component, and a harness. The fixing cover covers the fixing rotator and extends from one end to another end in a longitudinal direction of the fixing cover. The electric component is inside the hollow portion of the fixing rotator. The harness is connected to the electric component at a connection portion. The harness extends from the connection portion toward one end of the fixing cover outside the fixing rotator in the longitudinal direction and folds back and extends toward said another end of the fixing cover in the longitudinal direction through one of a route inside the fixing cover between the fixing rotator and an inner face of the fixing cover and a route outside the fixing cover.