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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shuichi Tamura, Moriya, JP;
Akeshi Asaka, Kashiwa, JP;
Hiroto Sugimoto, Toride, JP;
Shinsuke Takahashi, Kashiwa, JP;
Shigeaki Takada, Abiko, JP;
Yutaka Arai, Kawasaki, JP;
Jun Miura, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/206 (2013.01); G03G 15/2053 (2013.01); G03G 15/2057 (2013.01); G03G 15/2064 (2013.01); G03G 15/2089 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2048 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fixing member, includes: a base layer; and a porous elastic layer provided on the base layer and configured to contain a needle-like filler. The elastic layer has a thermal conductivity, with respect to a longitudinal direction thereof, which is 6 times to 900 times a thermal conductivity with respect to a thickness direction thereof. The elastic layer has an open cell rate larger at longitudinal end portions than at a longitudinal central portion.