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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2013
Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tomoya Yorita, Saitama, JP;
NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A heater device includes a temperature detector, a heater control circuit, a heater, a voltage supply path, and an overheat prevention circuit. The overheat prevention circuit includes a positive-temperature-coefficient thermistor and a pull-up resistor. The positive-temperature-coefficient thermistor is interposed on the voltage supply path in a position for being heated by the heater. The pull-up resistor that includes: one end connected between the heater and the positive-temperature-coefficient thermistor, and another end connected to a direct current power source. The control voltage to be applied to the heater is restricted to a voltage at a connection point between the positive-temperature-coefficient thermistor and the pull-up resistor when the control voltage from the heater control circuit is abnormally decreased.