The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Oguri, Chiba, JP;
Takashi Uehara, Chiba, JP;
Satoshi Takemoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Akitomo Miyamoto, Chiba, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a fixing device which has a heater that includes a circuit board, a first heating member provided on the circuit board, and a second heating member to heat a region different from that of the first heating member in a longitudinal direction of the circuit board, and a pressurizing rotating member that fixes a toner image to a recording material by applying heat and pressure to the recoding material at a nip together with a fixing belt, wherein the first heating member is disposed inside the nip in a widthwise direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, wherein the second heating member is disposed outside the nip in the widthwise direction, and wherein an amount of generating heat per a unit length of the second heating member is larger than that of the first heating member.
Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile