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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2004
Kenji Asakura, Kyoto, JP;
Keisuke Fujimoto, Hirakata, JP;
Masaru Imai, Hirakata, JP;
Noboru Katakabe, Uji, JP;
Kenji Asakura, Kyoto, JP;
Keisuke Fujimoto, Hirakata, JP;
Masaru Imai, Hirakata, JP;
Noboru Katakabe, Uji, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image heating device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a heat generator that has an outer surface and that generates heat by induction heating and a heater positioned close to the outer surface of the heat generator, the heater being configured to heat the heat generator by induction heating. A positioner is located close to an end of the heater, the positioner being configured to position the heater with respect to the heat generator. A vibration absorber is attached to the positioner and is configured, in one embodiment, to viscoelasticly absorb vibration of the heater produced by a vibration caused by an electromagnetic repulsive force acting between the heat generator and the heater when the heater heats the heat generator by induction heating.