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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2005
Applicants:
Patrick O. Bischel, Paris, KY (US);
Kevin Dean Schoedinger, Lexington, KY (US);
David Randall Word, Lexington, KY (US);
Andrew Michael Zopff, Lawrenceburg, KY (US);
Inventors:
Patrick O. Bischel, Paris, KY (US);
Kevin Dean Schoedinger, Lexington, KY (US);
David Randall Word, Lexington, KY (US);
Andrew Michael Zopff, Lawrenceburg, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuser assembly is provided with an onboard memory that may be used to store information useful in determining the conditions under which the fuser assembly has been operated. Such information can be used to better understand the root cause of fuser assembly failures, and estimate remaining fuser life, etc.