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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2024
Yukimichi Someya, Saitama, JP;
Hiroyuki Shimada, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Furuichi, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A heating device including, an endless belt, a heater, a temperature detector, a high thermal conductor including a hole or a notch, a holder restricts a movement of the high thermal conductor in at least at a downstream of the first direction, a first gap along the first direction formed between an upstream surface in the first direction of the temperature detector and an upstream surface in the first direction of the hole or the notch of the high thermal conductor, a second gap along the first direction formed between a downstream surface in the first direction of the high thermal conductor and a downstream surface in the first direction of the housing portion, wherein a size A of the first gap and a size B of the second gap satisfy a relationship of A>B.