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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:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akira Kato, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoji Tomoyuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Nakazono, Shizuoka, JP;
Kenichi Ogawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakakibara, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/00 ; G03G 1/520 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/00 ; G03G 1/520 ;
Abstract
A heater, or an image heating apparatus including the heater includes a substrate, heat generating resistors formed at least in a cycle path on the substrate, and current supply electrodes provided at electrical ends of the heat generating resistors, wherein plural heat generating resistors are connected in parallel to at least one of the current supply electrodes. Thus there can be obtained a heater having excellent heat generating characteristics even in a compact dimension and an image heating apparatus utilizing such heater.