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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2005
Masahiro Samei, Toyonaka, JP;
Tomoyuki Noguchi, Kasuga, JP;
Masahiro Samei, Toyonaka, JP;
Tomoyuki Noguchi, Kasuga, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an induction heating apparatus including a fixing belt that heats an unfixed image on recording paper, an excitation coil that induction-heats the fixing belt, an inverter circuit that supplies power to the excitation coil, a harness that electrically connects the excitation coil and the inverter circuit. The harness is constructed of a litz wire having a resistance of the harness section of 0.016 Ω or below formed by stranding several tens of wires which are conductive wires coated with an insulator into a predetermined thickness.